Hi,

 > Thanks, I thought that answer may come up. Only issue with that is
 > that the user will have to uninstall the version they have before
 > installing my version :(

So? They get back a version even better, usually not a problem.
I can do you even better. Release the improvements and they may end up 
in stock release ;)

What you can do is modify the default install path in the installer. 
That would be a start.

Thanx,
Jaap

Greg Bell wrote:
> Thanks, I thought that answer may come up. Only issue with that is that 
> the user will have to uninstall the version they have before installing 
> my version :(
>  
> A follow up question on this... can two different Wireshark 
> installations exist on the same system? If so, how can I differentiate 
> my version from a stock install? That is, Windows must see my version 
> (such as in Add/Remove Programs) as a completely different and 
> independent app. I'm assuming the VERSION_EXTRA thing is not enough.
> 
> Any help is appreciated, thanks.
>  
> 
> */Jaap Keuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     This sounds all overly complicated. You could deduce which
>     executable/DLL is affected by you changes by unraveling the build
>     process, but it's much easier to build you own full installer.
> 
>     Thanx,
>     Jaap
> 
>     Greg Bell wrote:
>      > Hello,
>      >
>      > I'd like to make some modifications to Wireshark and package only
>     the
>      > modified/new DLL's (or other modified files) in my own installer.
>     This
>      > installer would then simply overwrite the original files from a
>     stock
>      > install.
>      >
>      > My question is, how do I know which DLL's I must use based on the
>     source
>      > files I modified? I could make the source changes and see which
>     files
>      > have different time stamps, but is there a cleaner, more precise
>     way? As
>      > well, it seems wireshark.exe is always created with a new build -
>     when
>      > does a source change affect the exe?
>      >
>      > For example, if I modify the following files:
>      > C:\wireshark\file.c
>      > C:\wireshark\print.c
>      > C:\wireshark\print.h
>      > C:\wireshark\gtk\menu.c
>      >
>      > Which DLL's (or other install files) will I need to copy for my
>     custom
>      > install (on the target host)? Or am I just going about this the
>     wrong way?
>      >
>      > Thank you!
>      >
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