[chuck c <bubbasnmp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Recently asked here:

https://ask.wireshark.org/question/22911/is-there-a-lua-file-that-defines-the-wireshark-api-globals/

Answer on the sumneko github:

https://github.com/sumneko/lua-language-server/issues/545

Question: "Undefined globals" in plugin environment like Wireshark #545

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:40 AM David Aldrich <david.aldrich.ntml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Our custom Wireshark dissector, coded in lua, starts with:

-- Create a protocol object
test_protocol = Proto("test",  "test protocol")

messageLength_F = ProtoField.uint32("test.messageLength", "messageLength", base.HEX)
requestID_F     = ProtoField.uint32("test.requestID"    , "requestID"    , base.HEX)
responseTo_F    = ProtoField.uint32("test.responseTo"   , "responseTo"   , base.HEX)
opCode_F        = ProtoField.uint32("test.opCode"       , "opCode"       , base.HEX)

It works fine but the Visual Studio Code lua extension that I am using (sumneko.lua) reports that Proto and ProtoField are undefined globals. I guess that I need to tell the extension the lua runtime package path.

What is the package path for Wireshark?

Should I specify that path in the dissector using require?

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