Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Help - Peculiar behavior with DLLs

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Plugins aren't portable across versions. They may seem to work, but there is no 
guarantee (there is a guarantee that it will fail unpredictably sometime).
See http://wiki.wireshark.org/KnownBugs

Thanx,
Jaap

Blazer, Doron wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have been developing under the latest development sources (1.1.3 svn), 
> a plug-in dissector.
> I compiled it to a dll – all fine.
>  
> When I add it to the “plugin” directory it all works fine (working with 
> 1.1.3).
> When I install 1.0.6 on a new machine (and add the dll to the “plugin” 
> directory),
> and run wireshark, the dll is not loaded and it is said that it is not 
> configured right.
>  
> But, if I then install 1.1.3 (which I compiled during the development), 
> uninstalls it and reinstalls 1.0.6 and add again the dll to the “plugin” 
> directory –and run;
> now the dll is loaded fine and also do what it suppose to.
>  
> What’s wrong? How can I avoid the install/uninstall of 1.1.3 on my new 
> machines, in order the dll will work with 1.0.6?
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Doron
>