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diff --git a/doc/README.dissector b/doc/README.dissector index 9f585c2b5c..514fe70f7f 100644 --- a/doc/README.dissector +++ b/doc/README.dissector @@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ For fields with that unit name, you would declare a "unit_name_string": This is typically the case when abbreviations are used instead of full words.) There are several "common" unit name structures already defined in -epan/unit_strings.h. Dissector authors may choose to add the unit name +epan/unit_strings.h. Dissector authors may choose to add the unit name structure there rather than locally in a dissector. For hf[] array FT_(U)INT*, FT_FlOAT and FT_DOUBLE fields that need a @@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@ in tfs.h, included via packet.h. Custom fields (BASE_CUSTOM) should use CF_FUNC(&custom_format_func) for the 'strings' field. +-- Note to plugin authors +Data cannot get exported from DLLs. For this reason plugin authors cannot use +existing fieldconvert strings (e.g. from existing dissectors or those from +epan/unit_strings.h). Plugins must define value_strings, unit_name_strings, +range_strings and true_false_strings locally. + bitmask (BITMASK) ----------------- If the field is a bitfield, then the bitmask is the mask which will |