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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] GUI/feature plugins

From: "Anders Broman" <a.broman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:23:20 +0200

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>Hi,
>are there other types of plugins than "dissector" and "tap"?
>Especially, is it possible to write a plugin on Windows (.dll) that
>extends the Wireshark GUI with additional functionality?

>README.plugins seems to be about dissector plugins only and stats_tree
>(the only default "tap" plugin) doesn't seem to have GUI code either.
>I wonder because some colleagues of mine have manage to code a GUI
>extension under Linux and it works by simply putting the compiled .so
>library with the wireshark executables without touching the code of
>Wireshark. But i think that's not possible on Windows, unless the DLL is
>explicitly linked/loaded from within Wireshark code? Do you confirm?
>
>My plan was to use a plugin for
>- adding support for decoding G.729 in the VoIP calls player.

I think that can be done by adding it in /plugins/easy_codec see the ReadMe
file.

>- adding VoIP Calls analysis for a proprietary protocol.

I would look into the possibility of adding code to make it possible
To "hook into" the existing VoIP Calls analysis.

Regards
Anders
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