-$Id: README.developer,v 1.90 2004/02/14 10:37:22 obiot Exp $
+$Id: README.developer,v 1.91 2004/02/19 11:45:02 jmayer Exp $
This file is a HOWTO for Ethereal developers. It describes how to start coding
a Ethereal protocol dissector and the use some of the important functions and
is needed only if you are using the "snprintf()" function.
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* Routines for PROTONAME dissection
* Copyright 2000, YOUR_NAME <YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
*
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+ * $Id: README.developer,v 1.91 2004/02/19 11:45:02 jmayer Exp $
*
* Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
indicate the end of the array). The 'strings' field would be set to
'VALS(valstringname)'.
-(Note: before Ethereal 0.7.6, we had separate field types like
-FT_VALS_UINT8 which denoted the use of value_strings. Now, the
-non-NULLness of the pointer lets the proto_tree know that a value_string
-is meant for this field).
-
If the field has a numeric rather than an enumerated type, the 'strings'
field would be set to NULL.