Re: Accessing decoded data in packet details pane trough LUA listener/tap?

[Florian <wireshark-dev.lists () flocom de>]

Jeff Morriss wrote:
> Florian wrote:
>   
> > Is there any way to access data [of tree view in the packet
> > details pane] (fieldname seems to be "Text item") through Lua? 
> >     
>
> Are you trying to get the filter name or the value of the field (which 
> is just text)?  The former is not possible as mentioned above and I 
> doubt (but do not know) that the latter is possible.
>   
I am interested in the value of the field, so I will better try if I can
make a patch against the offending dissector (removing the
proto_tree_add_text() function you mentioned).
> > Additional question: can the content of any column (i.e. info) be read
> > from LUA?
>   
> I don't think you can read the contents of a column from a built-in 
> dissector (or, if it was possible, whether it would be allowed).  What 
> information do you need from the column?

The Info column already provides a good summary of the packet displayed
in the protocol tree, so I do not need to collect that data for my
analysis again.



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