Parser DLL Export Functions

The functions, listed in the following table, are entry points for parser DLLs. The functions are the entry points for calls from the operating system and Network Monitor.

Function	Description
DllMain Parser	Indicates to the parser DLL that it is loaded or unloaded. The operating system calls the DllMain Parser function when a process loads or unloads the DLL.
AttachProperties	Notifies the parser to attach any properties that exist in a frame.
Deregister	Notifies the parser to clean up.
FormatProperties	Notifies the parser to take all of the property instances in and build the szPropertyText member of each PROPERTYINST structure.
RecognizeFrame	Determines whether the parser can interpret the unprocessed frame data with the specified protocol.
Register Parser	Determines basic information about the parser within the DLL. Network Monitor calls the Register Parser function.
ParserAutoInstallInfo	Installs a parser automatically.

Network Monitor provides structures and helper functions that the parser can call.

For more information about	See
Helper functions that experts and parsers can call.	Expert and Parser Common Functions
Helper functions that only parsers can call.	Parser Functions
Structures that parser functions use.	Parser Structures