Detecting and Correcting C/C++ Code Defects

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

Other versions are also available for the following:

Visual Studio Team System

Detecting and Correcting C/C++ Code Defects

When you install either Visual Studio Team System Development Edition or Visual Studio Team Suite, you get a code analysis tool that helps you detect and correct code defects. This section describes Code Analysis and how to use the tool to improve your C/C++ code.

In This Section

Code Analysis for C/C++ Overview	Learn about the features of the code analysis tool.
Code Analysis Properties for C/C++	Describes the configuration settings for code analysis.
How to: Invoke Code Analysis for C/C++	Learn to invoke the code analysis tool from within the IDE.
How to: Enable and Disable Code Analysis for C/C++ Warnings	Learn to use warning pragma to enable and disable code analysis warnings.
How to: View Code Analysis for C/C++ Warnings	Describes how to view and navigate to errors in code.
How to: Specify Additional Code Information	Learn how to use __analysis_assume to improve code analysis.
How to: Create a Work Item for C/C++ Code Defects	Learn to use the work item tracking feature in Team Foundation.
Walkthrough: Analyzing C/C++ Code for Defects	Gain hands-on experience by performing code analysis on a C/C++ project.
Using Annotations to Reduce C/C++ Code Defects	Learn about annotation features of the code analysis tool to detect violations of the contract between the caller and the callee.
Code Analysis for C/C++ Warnings	Lists and describes code analysis warnings.

Other Resources

Detecting and Correcting Managed Code Defects