Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Clear Ethereal GUI

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:21:23 -0700
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 10:23:16PM -0700, pradip biswas wrote:
> I was trying to modify Ethereal code such that I can
> clear the Ethereal GUI(all packets in all of 3
> windows) whenever I want without stopping it. I have
> implemented a way of communication from Ethereal
> parent process to the child process, but I don't know
> exactly how I can clear the GUI.

The only way to do that is to close the current capture file and open a
new one into which you'll start writing the new packets.