Questions about FxCop Error Message...

Open the FxCop help file. Navigate to: FxCop 1.32\Using FxCopCmd\Error codes

Error	Numeric value
No errors	0x0
Analysis error	0x1 - fatal error
Rule exceptions	0x2
Project load error	0x4
Assembly load error	0x8
Rule library load error	0x10
Import report load error	0x20
Output error	0x40
Command line switch error	0x80
Initialization error	0x100
Assembly references error	0x200
Unknown error	0x1000000

I suppose we should render these in decimal as well. 514 decimal (0x202) indicates that there were missing assembly references, which resulted in rule exceptions at analysis time. Resolve the missing references and everything should work.

See the /directory switch documentation (also in the help file, under Command-Line Options).

Michael Fanning
VSTS Development: Code Analysis