Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Automation of Ethereal

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:16:04 -0700
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 09:31:13AM -0500, Munshi, Shahid K. (Manpower Contract) wrote:
> I want to automate the ethereal from Windows 2000.  I am currently
> using Python as scripting tool.  In theory, The Ethereal should register
> its CLSID in windows registry.

It should only do so if it *has* a CLSID.

However, it doesn't.  That's where the theory breaks down.  Ethereal is
a multi-platform application ("multi-platform" as in "originally written
for UNIX, ported to Windows, and intended to run on both"), not a COM
object.