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US Patent Nos.: 5,987,249, 6,332,213, 6,186,677, 6,314,558, 6,760,903 B1,and 6,016,466 April 24, 2006 Table of Contents Preface Who Should Read This Manual . ix What This Manual Covers . x Conventions Used In This Manual . x For More Information . xi Chapter 1 Introducing DevPartner Introducing DevPartner . 1 What Is DevPartner? . 2 DevPartner Features . 2 Error Detection . 2 Static Code Analysis . 4 Performance Analysis . 4 In-Depth Performance Analysis . 4 Coverage Analysis . 5 Memory Analysis . 5 System Comparison . 6 Interoperability . 6 Distributed Data Collection . 6 DevPartner Support for Visual Studio . 7 Web Services Analysis . 7 Language/Technology Support . 7 Managed vs. Unmanaged Code . 8 Configuration . 8 Instrumentation Model . 8 Visual Studio Team System Support . 8 DevPartner and Visual Studio . 9 iii IDE Integration . 9 Menus and Toolbars . 9 Using DevPartner . 9 General User Interface Concepts . 10 DevPartner Methodology . 11 Software Development Life Cycle Model . 11 Definition and Planning . 11 Developing the Application . 12 Testing the Application Internally and Externally . 13 Deploying the Application to End Users . 13 DevPartner Integration into the Enterprise . 14 Chapter 2 Error Detection Check Early, Check Often—The Best Error Detection Philosophy . 15 The Benefits of Using DevPartner Error Detection . 16 Comprehensive Error Detection . 16 Flexible Debugging Environment . 19 Integration with the Visual Studio Debugger . 19 Advanced Error Analysis and Event Logging . 19 Open Error Detection Architecture . 20 DevPartner Error Detection Main Window . 20 Results Pane . 20 Details Pane . 22 Source Pane . 22 Settings Dialog Box . 22 An Example: Call Validation . 23 Using Other Settings Categories . 24 Program Error Detected Dialog Box . 25 Buttons on the Program Error Detected Dialog Box . 25 Memory and Resource Viewer Dialog Box . 27 The Memory and Resource Viewer User Interface . 28 Suppression and Filtering Dialog Boxes . 29 Suppressing Errors . 29 Filtering Errors . 29 Suppression and Filtering User Interface . 30 Creating and Saving Suppression and Filter Files . 31 DevPartner Error Detection Integration with Visual Studio . 31 Using DevPartner Error Detection with Visual Studio 2003/2005 . 33 Integration with Visual Studio 6 . 34 Running DevPartner Error Detection from the Command Line . 35 Running FinalCheck from the Command Line . 36 iv Understanding DevPartner Chapter 3 Static Code Analysis DevPartner Code Review . 37 DevPartner Code Review User Interface . 38 Code Review Options . 53 DevPartner Code Review Toolbar Components . 55 Naming Analysis Functionality . 58 Naming Guidelines Naming Analyzer . 58 Hungarian Naming Analyzer . 61 Call Graph Analysis Functionality . 62 DevPartner Code Review Rule Manager . 67 Creating New Rules Using Regular Expressions . 68 Matching Lines Exceeding 90 Characters . 69 Matching Tabs Used Instead Of Spaces . 70 Matching Instances Where Code Catches System.Exception . 71 Matching Methods Having More Than One Return Point . 72 Enforcing Initialization Of Variables When They Are Defined . 72 Matching Instances Of More Than One Statement Per Line . 74 Ensuring Open Braces Are Placed On A Separate Line . 74 Ensuring Loop Counters Are Not Modified Inside the Loop Bodies . 75 Chapter 4 Automatic Code Coverage Analysis Introducing DevPartner Coverage Analysis . ..