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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] GTK+ issues

From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:23:14 +0200
Steve Grinwis wrote:

Hey all.

I�ve come across a new problem that I�m having trouble with. I need my plug-in to be able bring up a pop-up screen so that I can get the user to enter some information. I had it working using the windoze API and it was working fine, however, obviously it�s not portable. So I want to do the same thing in GTK. Problem is, I can�t seem to get gtk to bring up anything without getting the most general error message possible.

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Do you have a good reason to use a dialog for this?

Why not simply use a Preference setting, just like all the other dissectors do?!?

Regards, ULFL