command line argument

Question

How can I pass an argument to a custom made FxCop rule.

For ex:

FxCopCmd.exe /f:"files.dll" /o:"Out.xml" /r:-"Rules.dll" /myargument:true/false

Answer 1

Hello Alevon,

Would you please tell us what is our achievement? If we want to run FxCopCmd.exe right after we build our project, we could use Post-Build event (Property page -> Build Events).

Best regards,

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Answer 2

FxCopCmd.exe screens its command line arguments against an internal list of allowed switches, so you cannot use a custom command line switch to configure your rule.

There is, however, a mechanism for configuring rules.  First, the rule should implement Microsoft.FxCop.Sdk.IConfigurableRule.  Once this is done, you can configure the rule in an FxCop project file, which can be loaded via the /project command line switch supported by FxCopCmd.exe.