I guess I like the overall setup of the solution file and the ability to jump 
between tshark and Wireshark easily without opening new files.  I don't believe 
the "setup Windows development" steps (which I thought were very good) mention 
supporting building Wireshark through the solution file, it was just something 
I stumbled upon and was happy was there.  I'm familiar enough with VS that I 
could tell from day 1 that it wouldn't build Wireshark, but that was okay with 
me.  Making the solution file work for building has always been a desire of 
mine, but it's very low on the list (I'm much better at C than I am with build 
configurations, and it's not like there's anything wrong with the command line)



-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Bloice <[email protected]>
To: Developer support list for Wireshark <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Sep 18, 2013 5:07 am
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Removal of Visual Studio solution and project files


On 17 September 2013 22:51, Pascal Quantin <[email protected]> wrote:


          
    
Hi Michael,
      
      why not load directly the executable in Visual as described here:      
http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Tips ? It works pretty well      and does 
not require an obsolete project file.
      

      Le 17/09/2013 23:45, [email protected] a écrit :
    

    
        
-1 from me.  It's my debugger of choice.  While an          integrated solution 
would be better, I'm okay with the current          project files.  The default 
solution is nice to add the          dissectors/files you're working 
on/consistently modify for          quick reference.  Outside of the debugger, 
I realize it is          just a glorified text editor, but I'm okay with that.
        
 





The method Pascal describes is always the one I use if debug Wireshark using 
Visual Studio, although I normally prefer WinDbg. Having an out of date 
solution file doesn't seem to me to improve debugging in any way at all.


If the CMake build on Windows stuff ever comes to fruition, then Visual Studio 
users will have a much easier task of building and modifying Wireshark in an 
environment they're used to, although any new files will have to be added to 
the CMakeLists.txt rather than the solutions\projects CMake produces.


Personally I think that if the files are to remain, they should be maintained.  
If they aren't maintained they should go.




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