I work on a little C++ open source project. I need to get some metrics out of it. To do so, Visual Studio requires the code to be "managed".
Simple question (expect simple answer) : how do I get metrics from native projects ?
Thank you very much.
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Not so simple.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114238/difference-between-managed-c-and-c – Oscar Jun 09 '13 at 18:18
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Thanks :) Any idea how could I get the metrics I need ? – CTZStef Jun 09 '13 at 18:19
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That's why I posted my previous comment.. Are you talking about managed extensions or managed cli? – Oscar Jun 09 '13 at 18:21
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Forget about the managed thing. I just need to get some metrics out of the project. That's my focus. – CTZStef Jun 09 '13 at 18:22
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AFAIK the usual wisdom is to avoid "managed C++" unless you're completely out of options – Balog Pal Jun 09 '13 at 18:28
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have a look at this http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vstscode/thread/f25ab262-cb10-417a-89e8-10bf5d77bdf5/ ^^ – CTZStef Jun 09 '13 at 18:37
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Change your project properties to "Use Common Language-Runtime (/clr)".
This will cause the compiler to emit .NET metadata for functions and variables in the program, and the profiler/analyzer relies on this metadata.
Sometimes the metadata is less complete for standard C++ code than for .NET types. And you surely don't want to rewrite everything over to C++/CLI, managed types, .NET runtime, garbage collection.
But trying a compile with /clr enabled shouldn't hurt anything.
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