Re: General "Noob" Questions - Lua

[Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo () di uminho pt>]

Shawn,

If your protocol isn't very complex you can also try to prototype
it in Lua. It is a lot easier to use as you don't have to recompile
your dissector everytime you make a code change.

Starting point:
    http://wiki.wireshark.org/Lua

Notes:
 1 - The Windows binaries have Lua support builtin.
 2 - Use Wireshark 1.2.6 as it has a couple of Lua bugs fixed
     (thanks Stig!)
 3 - Use Wireshark 1.3.3 if you need to concatenate 64-bit integers
     (thanks Stig!)
 4 - Wireshark 1.2.6 and 1.3.3 should be released today. Development
     builds are available here:
     1.2.6 - http://www.wireshark.org/download/prerelease/
     1.3.3 - http://www.wireshark.org/download/automated/

Regards,
jpo

On 2010-01-05 22:20 , Shawn Mayer wrote:
> Hello,
> I am currently endeavoring to modify/create a Wireshark dissector. I am 
> going to develop on Windows. I have followed the instructions at 
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html 
> successfully. My questions are: where do I go from here? I have 
> programming experience with Java and vb.net, using BlueJ and Visual 
> Studio respectively. It's the jump of getting the Wireshark code into an 
> editable form that I am stuck at. What development software would you 
> recommend if not Visual Studio, or how do I open/import it into Visual 
> Studio? I apologize for these stupid questions, and the ones I will 
> undoubtedly ask when I actually start coding.
>
> Shawn

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José Pedro Oliveira
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