Static analysis tools' users often wonder how to fulfill the task of searching for certain code fragments. For instance, how to find a function longer than 1000 lines; or how to find a...
There is no fragment in program code where you cannot make mistakes. You may actually make them in very simple fragments. While programmers have worked out the habit of testing algorithms...
We have a large list of tasks and wishes we try to stick to while developing PVS-Studio. But occasionally we find some time to spend on unusual experiments that may bring new development ways...
In the times when we were just starting PVS-Studio development, I was able to almost instantly determine the cause of a false positive or an error in the analyzer itself. I was able to...
The new version of the Visual Studio 2012 development environment doesn't support creation of simple automation macros anymore. Microsoft was planning to abandon macros in their IDE long ago...
I decided to fool around a bit with the plugin and the picture to attract your attention. A whole lot of articles on programming regularly appear on the Internet, but most of them are...
This article covers the structure of Visual C++ project model (VCProject). Also included are the cases of using the project model for enumeration of project elements and obtaining their...
This article covers the extension of Visual Studio by integrating into its 'Settings' dialog pages. Option page registration and integration into the IDE for different kinds of extension...
This article covers the extension of Visual Studio IDE through integration of a custom user toolwindow into the environment. Discussed are the issues of window registration and initialization...
This article deals with creation, utilization and handling of Visual Studio commands in its extension modules through automation object model APIs and IDE services. The relations between IDE...
