Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Add dialogs using plugins

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From: "Broadway, Joshua Paul - BROJP002" <BROJP002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:35:23 +0930
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Title: Add dialogs using plugins

Hi all,

I'm very new to Ethereal and I'm interested in developing plugins for it.

I'm interested in using Ethereal for producing output in different formats (other than standard Ethereal GUI format) to make it easier for the user to extract information from the packet data.

In the developer help pages there's a section (9.4) about how to add/extend dialogs. However there's no useful information in the section.

Is it possible to develop plugins for Ethereal that create and display new dialogs to the user? Or are the plugins limited to extracting new protocol information from the data?

If it is possible to develop new dialogs, are there some some resources that I could be pointed to for reference?

I've got to get this information to my supervisors ASAP, so a fast reply would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Joshua Broadway.

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