On 18 aug. 2011, at 17:08, Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 18/08/2011 15:26, Moussa.Alawieh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Can someone help me ????????????
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>> De : Moussa Alawieh/LES ULIS/ZDF/BTECH/ZODIAC
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>> thanks for your response....
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>> However, what you said is very importanty for me because I have put this
>> function in many place of my code !!!!
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>> Is there any other function that can replace the "proto_tree_add_text()" ??
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>> and do you think that it exist a way to satisfy my question in the precedent
>> mail ???
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>> De : Chris Maynard <Chris.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> <Moussa.Alawieh@...> writes:
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>>> I put the result in Wireshark with the
>>> "proto_tree_add_text"
>>> function, but it's impossible
>>> to filter this field because it's a text !!!!!
>>> can someone help-me ???
>>> regards
>>
>> Don't use proto_tree_add_text(). To quote doc/README.developer:
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>> proto_tree_add_text() is used to add a label to the GUI tree. It will
>> contain no value, so it is not searchable in the display filter process.
>> This function was needed in the transition from the old-style proto_tree
>> to this new-style proto_tree so that Wireshark would still decode all
>> protocols w/o being able to filter on all protocols and fields.
>> Otherwise we would have had to cripple Wireshark's functionality while we
>> converted all the old-style proto_tree calls to the new-style proto_tree
>> calls. In other words, you should not use this in new code unless you've got
>> a specific reason (see below).
> You need to follow the advice from Chris. If you want to filter on a field
> don't use proto_tree_addtext(), use proto_tree_add_item() along with
> corresponding hf_* field definitions.
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> Regards,
>
> Graham
... But he's trying to show a computed value, so he should follow the advice from Jeff.
Thanks,
Jaap
