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Is this true?
If this is true, how do we indicate which projects should be skipped automatically? We know for sure that it is not the case that web applications are automatically SKIPPED as we have been refactoring for some time to get our web services to comply without analysis check-in policy.
Best regards, Jerry
Nearly half of FxCop's analysis is dedicated to enforcing the Microsoft Design Guidelines for reusable libraries. Given the fact that web applications are not engineered for reuse by third-party developers, you can argue that the tool's value in this context is limited. Having said that, there is general value in writing code that conforms to the standard, as these guidelines comprise a standard that all managed developers should internalize.
Another portion of FxCop's analysis is dedicated to platform correctness, that is, correct usage of the framework libraries. This analysis is certainly valuable against any managed assembly.
For web app projects, you can disable FxCop's analysis if you wish. If you have a check-in policy enabled for your team project, this means you will be required to override a policy warning for each web app project check-in (which notes that code analysis is disabled for the current project).
Creating analysis that's specific to web applications will be a focus in our next development cycles. Please let me know if you have more specific questions about the current features here.
