FxCop for .NET 4.0

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I know Visual Studio 2010 has a new Code Analysis tool built in, but that is only for the premium and ultimate editions. From what I can see the latest FxCop supports .NET 3.5 SP1. Searching I wasn't able to find any references to an FxCop for .NET 4.0. Is there plans to continue to offer FxCop and for it to support .NET 4.0? Where would I find more information about it and download it?

According to MS; professional developers don't need Code Analysis... http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products — , Apr 29 '10 at 21:49

score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '10 at 16:53

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The latest version of FXCop (v10) is bundled with the install of the latest Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .Net 4, released on 5/19/2010. From Microsoft - Full ISOs

Once the SDK is installed you can find the FXCop installer EXE under %programfiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\FXCop (This assumes you kept the default install directory when installing the SDK).

Enjoy.

answered Jun 14 '10 at 16:53

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Which options did you have to install to get it? It seems the x64 version doesn't install it at all..? – simbolo Oct 09 '11 at 13:08

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '10 at 13:19

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FxCop is now enhanced to work with .NET 4.0. You can find it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeanalysis/archive/2010/07/26/fxcop-10-0-is-available.aspx

New version is marked with 10.0 just like Visual Studio.

answered Aug 30 '10 at 13:19

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '10 at 21:02

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I googled for FXcop 4.0 and found the following a helpful links:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vstscode/thread/74b2815a-626d-4aef-a08a-14c2fa72b506

Looks like its not yet out but FXCop support for .NET 4.0 is planned.

answered Apr 29 '10 at 21:02

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It has traditionally lagged behind with previous Framework releases, as well. What will be interesting to see is how much of a lag there is with 4.0, because the entire Code Analysis engine has been rewritten from the ground up according to their blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/codeanalysis/archive/2010/04/14/data-flow-analysis-rules-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx – Joseph Ferris Apr 29 '10 at 21:18
I had read both of those links. Should have included them in my question. The forum post was in January for Beta 2. I was hoping for something newer. – Jim McKeeth Apr 29 '10 at 21:47

Patrick from NDepend team · Answer 4 · 2012-06-27T08:11:10.920

An alternative to FxCop rules would be to use the tool NDepend. This tool that lets write Code Rules over C# LINQ Queries what we call CQLinq, supports .NET v4 and v4.5, and is integrated in VS 2012, 2010, 2008. Disclaimer: I am one of the developers of the tool

More than 200 code rules are proposed by default. Customizing existing rules or creating your own rules is straightforward thanks to the C# LINQ syntax.

Rules can be verified live in Visual Studio and at Build Process time, in a generated HTML+javascript report.

FxCop for .NET 4.0

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