Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Newbie Q - Displaying TCP data content in a column..
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From: Stephen Fisher <stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:23:16 -0700
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 03:54:51PM +0100, Stig Bjørlykke wrote:
> 2008/11/25 Kevin Hawkins <wireshark@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> > - just one last bit - can I get that data displayed in the column in 
> > ASCII ?
> 
> I don't think you can do this with the current implementation.

> But I can see several possible enhancements to make this work:
> - Add a (hidden?) entry in the data dissector, named data.text.
> - Add a preference to the data dissector to display as HEX or text.

Hidden field = bad :)

How about two visible fields for the data disssector - one that shows 
bytes and the other text?  FT_BYTES cuts it off after 'x' number of 
characters, we could have the text do the same perhaps.  It would be 
handy so you don't have to look in the hex output below to see plain 
text when looking at unrecognized traffic.


Steve