Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] fopen vs. eth_fopen

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Shelly Cadora wrote:
> Haven't given up yet!
>  
> I compiled wireshark 0.99.4 with MSVC 2005 Express, but it crashed 
> every time it tried to read a file opened with eth_fopen.  So I 
> experimented by changing all the eth_fopen calls to fopen.  Now the 
> program runs.
>  
> But the problem is that I cannot open files! 
>  
> If I try to start a capture, I get an error saying "The file to which 
> the capture would be save 
> ("D:\DOCUME~1\scadora\LOCALS~1\Temp\etherXXXXE46EGT") could not be 
> opened: No error."  That file does get created in the correct 
> directory, but apparently it can't be opened for some reason.  If I 
> try to open an existing capture file, I just get "The file "D:\[snip]" 
> could not be opened: no error."
>  
> I assume I've gotten myself in this mess because I changed the 
> eth_fopen calls.  Feels like a catch-22 -- eth_fopen causes a crash, 
> but fopen doesn't work either.
>  
> I'm about to enter the Slough of Despond here, so if anybody has any 
> suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

I don't know for sure but that sounds like the zlib problem mentioned 
before.

See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/MSVC7 if you can find a 
solution, never done this myself.

Regards, ULFL