Expert Structures

Expert helper functions provided by Network Monitor and common helper functions use the structures described in the following table.

Structure	Description
CONFIGUREDEXPERT	Associates an expert DLL with its configuration.
EXPERTCONFIG	Provides raw configuration data.
EXPERTENUMINFO	Provides information about the expert DLL. Network Monitor uses the information.
EXPERTFRAMEDESCRIPTOR	Provides information about a frame.
EXPERTSTARTUPINFO	Provides startup information about the expert.
EXPERTSTATUS	Provides the current status of a running expert.
FILTEROBJECT	Defines the display filter characteristics for an expert.
NMEVENTDATA	Provides information about a line displayed in the expert viewer.
NMCOLUMNINFO	Provides information that defines a column in the Event Viewer.
NMCOLUMNVARIANT	Provides a container for all possible data inserted into a column on one line in the Event Viewer.
NMCOLUMNTYPE	The entry point in the variant that indicates which element of the union to use, and how to format it.

 

Network Monitor also provides export functions (helper functions that the expert can call) and enumerations.

For information about	See
Export Functions that provide entry points to your expert DLL.	Expert DLL Export Functions
Helper functions that can be called by experts and parsers.	Expert and Parser Common Functions
Helper functions that are called only by experts.	Expert Functions
Enumerations used by expert structures and functions.	Expert Enumerations