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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Beginners help. How to add additional subtrees ?

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:11:07 +0100 (CET)
Hi,

Even though I'm not into the details, if you want to have 20 bytes
straight up use FT_BYTES as type. This has an arbitrary length.

Thanx,
Jaap

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Jan Kokott wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I found the problem.
> The second Subtree has a length of 20 byte.
> And that doesn??t work with FT_NONE or FT_UNIT64.
> As it seems I have to declare a struct which will be used in the hf_register_info hf[] to replace the FT_ variable.
>
> Regards
> Jan
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:12:49 +0100
> Von: "Jan Kokott" <Blind007@xxxxxx>
> An: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Betreff: [Wireshark-dev] Beginners help. How to add additional subtrees ?
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My 802.15.4 plugin starts working, but as a newbie to C it??s still quite
> > difficult to deal with the idea of pointer. :(
> > For starting the plugin I just reused the rudp plugin, so at the moment I
> > implemented the Frame Control field and Addressing field of Zigbee under
> > UDP at an virtual udp port.
> >
> > I wanted to add 2 sub_tree and a single item to my dissector, but it
> > doesn??t add the second subtree (adressing field).
> > the first one is displayed correctly and the "Sequence Number Field" added
> > after the first sub_tree also works.
> >
> > /*I defined all the fields with*/
> > static int hf_zigbee_frame = -1; ...and so on.
> >
> > /*Then added all three fields*/
> > static gint ett_zigbee = -1;
> >
> > static gint ett_zigbee_frame = -1;
> > static gint ett_zigbee_adr = -1;
> >
> > tvbuff_t * next_tvb = NULL;
> > proto_tree *zigbee_tree = NULL, *frame_tree, *adr_tree;
> > proto_item *ti = NULL;
> >
> > /*Tree*/
> > ti = proto_tree_add_item(tree, proto_zigbee, tvb, 0, hlen, FALSE);
> > zigbee_tree = proto_item_add_subtree(ti, ett_zigbee);
> >
> > /*1.sub_tree*/
> > ti = proto_tree_add_item(zigbee_tree, hf_zigbee_frame, tvb, 0, 2, FALSE);
> > frame_tree = proto_item_add_subtree(ti, ett_zigbee_frame);
> > /*(filled with for ())*/
> >
> > /*Then added the single field without any subtree*/
> > proto_tree_add_item(zigbee_tree, hf_zigbee_seq, tvb, 2, 1, FALSE);
> >
> > /*And then just added the next subtree*/
> > ti = proto_tree_add_item(zigbee_tree, hf_zigbee_adr, tvb, 3, hlen, FALSE);
> > adr_tree = proto_item_add_subtree(ti, ett_zigbee_adr);
> > /*(again another for() to fill in the fields)*/
> >
> >
> > */Defined all the field info in proto_register_zigbee(void)*/
> >
> > /*Added the field array*/
> > static gint *ett[] = {
> > 		&ett_zigbee,
> > 		&ett_zigbee_frame,
> > 		&ett_zigbee_adr,};
> >
> > /*And registered them */
> > proto_register_field_array(proto_zigbee, hf, array_length(hf));
> > proto_register_subtree_array(ett, array_length(ett));
> >
> > That isn??t the full code but should be the interesting part for the
> > subtree.
> > Why does the first sub_tree work and the second is just displayed as a
> > single Item with 20 bytes length ?
> >
> > I think my problem is with the registration of the second sub_tree or with
> > the pointer on ti or the tree.
> >
> > Regards
> > Jan
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