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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Patch] CDP dissector

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:41:29 +0200 (CEST)
Hi,

Your analysis is correct.

Yes this feature has to work both with or without the tree parameter.

Thanx,
Jaap

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Stephen Fisher wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 11:00:49PM +0200, Jaap Keuter wrote:
>
> > Please switch off 'Colorize packet list' and clear the display filter.
> > Your additions disappear as snow in the sun.....
> >
> > That is because your changes only work when the dissector is called
> > with tree != NULL. If it is not (in the circumstances described above)
> > no additional COL_INFO will be there.
>
> Thanks for your feedback.  To colorize packets or filter them, it has to
> look into the packet to see what is there so tree is set, otherwise it
> isn't.  Right?  I can change the code so that it looks into the packet
> for these fields if tree is set or not if others think it would be a
> useful feature.
>
>
> Steve
>