On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 08:45:47AM -0400, Purandhar Krishnamurthy wrote:
> I want to add a new column in my Packet List Pane, in which I am
> planning to display an integer value (say for example, Retransmission
> Count) for each message/packet. The format of the column i selected
> was "Number".
>
> As the format is "Number", I re-used the macro "COL_NUMBER" in the
> dissector to display the integer value. In the packet list pane, a new
> column was created but the values that are displayed are packet or
> frame number (and not the one I wished to display).
>
> Can anyone please tell me, whether is it possible to re-use
> COL_NUMBER (which was already used to display the packet-frame number)
> to display an integer value?
No. You need to create a new column type.
> If it is possible, please advice me the changes that are to be made and
> If it is not possible, please advice me what else can be done.
>
> I tried to find it in Developer's Guide, but these information are not
> provided in that.
Take a look at this commit for an example of two new columns that
dissectors fill in:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.py?view=rev&revision=20118
Click on the text changed link to see what is added to each file to make
it work.
Steve