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{{Short description|Static code analysis tool}}
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| developer              = [[Microsoft]]
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| latest release version = 10.0
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2010}}
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre                  = [[Static code analysis|Static code analysis tool]]
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'''FxCop''' is a free [[static code analysis]] tool from [[Microsoft]] that checks [[.NET Framework|.NET]] [[managed code]] [[Assembly (CLI)|assemblies]] for conformance to Microsoft's .NET Framework Design Guidelines.
==Overview==
Unlike [[StyleCop]], or the [[lint (software)|Lint programming tool]], for the [[C programming language]], FxCop analyzes the compiled [[Object file|object code]], not the original [[source code]]. It uses [[Common Intermediate Language|CIL]] parsing and [[callgraph]] analysis to inspect assemblies for more than 200 different possible coding standards violations in the following areas:
*COM (Interoperability) – rules that detect COM Interop issues.
*Design – rules that detect potential design flaws. These coding errors typically do not affect the execution of your code.
*Globalization – rules that detect missing or incorrect usage of information related to globalization and localization.
*Naming – rules that detect incorrect casing, cross language keyword collisions, and other issues related to the names of types, members, parameters, namespaces, and assemblies.
*Performance – rules that detect elements in your assemblies that will degrade performance.
*Security – rules that detect programming elements that leave your assemblies vulnerable to malicious users or code.
*Usage – rules that detect potential flaws in your assemblies that can affect code execution.
*Maintainability – rules that detect maintenance issues.
*Portability – rules that detect portability issues.
*Reliability – rules that detect correct memory and thread usage.
FxCop includes both [[GUI]] and command line versions of the tool. Microsoft [[Microsoft Visual Studio|Visual Studio 2005]] and [[Microsoft Visual Studio|Visual Studio 2008]] [[Visual Studio Team System|Team System Development Editions]] both include a "Code Analysis" feature based on FxCop. For Visual Studio 2010 the corresponding, and slightly enhanced, static code analysis features are included in the Premium and Ultimate editions. FxCop 10.0 is included in the [[Microsoft Windows SDK]] for [[Windows 7]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeanalysis/archive/2010/07/26/fxcop-10-0-is-available.aspx |title=Code Analysis Team Blog: FxCop 10.0 is available |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801205738/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codeanalysis/archive/2010/07/26/fxcop-10-0-is-available.aspx |archive-date=2010-08-01}}</ref>
FxCop provides a tool to help developers to follow their company's coding standards. FxCop does code analysis to check whether the new code is compliant with the coding standards and naming conventions followed by the company. FxCop will ensure that the specified rules are used in the source code.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
==See also==
* [[List of tools for static code analysis]]
* [[StyleCop]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476.aspx FxCop 2.0 home page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060423061248/http://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop/ FxCop blog]
*[http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=170717 FxCop: Policing Code Correctness] - Addison-Wesley
*[http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/06/FXCop-10 FxCop v1.36 no longer available for download]
*[http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-FxCop-10-0-for-Windows-7-RTM-SDK-7-1-145056.shtml FxCop: Downloading the most recent version]
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