FxCop and GAC Madness

Question

Using FxCop when I try to analyze projects that rely on Patterns and Practices, Enterprise Library Data (among others) 2.0.0.0 - FxCop complains that it can’t: “Locate Assembly

Answer 1

Check this (FxCop) and this (Reflector) out.

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In FxCop, you can select Project - Options... - Spelling & Analysis - (check) Search Global Assembly Cache for missing references

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In Reflector, you can select View - Options... - Browser - (check) Automatically resolve references

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I find it kind of weird that these options are not enabled by default.