Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissect using val_to_str from external file

From: Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:21:04 +0100
Hi Jo,

The better is push a patch on code review for add ipproto_val_ext on libwireshark.def

Regards,

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Jo <wireshark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Bill,

thank you for your quick answer.

I am developing a plugin. Am I on my windows development machine
limited to the Wireshark API exposed to plugins (aka
libwireshark.def)?

Can I somewhere request that ipproto_val_ext is exported for plugins?

Bye,
Jo



2015-11-09 17:59 GMT+01:00 Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 11/9/2015 10:49 AM, Jo wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In my protocol, one TLV is called "proto" and contains the IANA number
>> of a well-known protocol. How can I display the value together with the
>> string and using the available data from <epan/ipproto.h>, for example?
>>
>> I know how to do it via val_to_str() but I am failing on importing the
>> existing definitions.
>>
>
> See epan/dissectors/packet-rohc for 2 examples of how to access
> ipproto_val_ext from your dissector. ( from an hf[] array entry or using
> val_to_str_ext()).
>
>
>
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