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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] How to colorize display

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From: "Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronnie_sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:51:03 +1000
No  you can not control the coloring from within a dissector.
The dissectors are shared with tethereal which does not support coloring.

The only supported way to colorize packets is by using color filters for
ethereal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S Faizi"
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] How to colorize display


> Hi Oliver,
>
> Thanks for your response. I wanted to colorize the display from within the
> dissector. So if I receive a 'fail' message, I want to display it in red.
Is
> there a function available from within Ethereal that will allow me to
> colorize the display?
>
> Regards,
> Sal