Expert and Parser Common Functions

The Network Monitor functions, listed in the following table, can be used to develop either parsers or experts.

Function	Description
CompareAddresses	Compares two given addresses.
CompareFrameDestAddress	Compares a given address to the destination address of a frame.
CompareFrameSourceAddress	Compares a given address to the source address of a frame.
FilterAddObject	Adds a single object to a filter.
FindPropertyInstance	Finds the first instance of a given property.
FindPropertyInstanceRestart	Finds the next instance of a given property.
GetCaptureComment	Retrieves the comment of a capture.
GetCaptureCommentFromFilename	Retrieves the comment of a capture from its capture file.
GetCaptureMacType	Retrieves the MAC type of the capture.
GetCaptureTimeStamp	Retrieves the capture timeout stamp.
GetCaptureTotalFrames	Retrieves the total frames in the capture.
GetEnabledProtocols	Retrieves a list of all the protocols marked as enabled.
GetFrame	Retrieves a handle to a given frame.
GetFrameCaptureHandle	Retrieves a handle to a given capture.
GetFrameDstAddressOffset	Retrieves the destination address offset for a given frame.
GetFrameFromFrameHandle	Retrieves a frame for a given frame handle.
GetFrameLength	Retrieves the length of a given frame.
GetFrameMacHeaderLength	Retrieves the length of the MAC header for a given frame.
GetFrameMacType	Retrieves the MAC type for a given frame.
GetFrameNumber	Returns the number of a given frame.
GetFrameRecognizeData	Retrieves the protocol identifiers (and their offsets) of all recognized protocols.
GetFrameSrcAddressOffset	Retrieves the offset to the source address of a given frame.
GetFrameStoredLength	Retrieves the length of a given frame.
GetFrameTimeStamp	Retrieves the time stamp of a given frame.
GetPreviousProtocolOffsetByName	Retrieves the previous instance of a given protocol.
GetProperty	Retrieves a property with a given name.
GetPropertyInfo	Retrieves the information of a specific property.
GetPropertyText	Retrieves the text of a given property.
GetProtocolFromName	Retrieves a specific protocol by name.
GetProtocolInfo	Uses the protocol handle to retrieves protocol-related data.
GetProtocolStartOffsetHandle	Retrieves the offset of a given protocol.
MacTypeToAddressType	Converts a MAC type to an address type.
ModifyFrame	Updates an existing frame with new data.

 

For more information about functions and structures only used by experts, and functions and structures only used by parsers, see the topics listed in the following table.

For more information about	See
Expert-specific functions that you can used to develop expert DLLs.	Expert Functions, Structures, and Enumerations
Parser-specific functions that you can used to develop parser DLLs.	Parser Functions and Structures