How do I integrate StyleCop 4.7 with Visual Studio 2013?

Question

I really want to use StyleCop with my Visual Studio 2013, but unfortunately it won\'t work. I\'ve installed the 4.7 version from the official site, checking all options, both VS

Answer 1

Open Visual studio Open Package Manager Console from TOOLS > LIBRARY PACKAGE MANAGER menu

Run the following command

install-package stylecop.msbuild

The above command will download the latest stable required dlls and files and integrate style cop with your project. Build your project and any stylecop errors will be shown in the warnings section.

If you don't find the package manager for some reason in the above menu, please refer this link for instructions on how to install http://surajdeshpande.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/how-to-install-a-nuget-package-in-visual-studio/

If you want your build to succeed only if all stylecop errors are fixed, you will need to make some changes to the project file to set a boolean to not treat stylecop errors as warnings.

Open the .csproj file for your project in notepad, and find the first PropertyGroup section within the file. Add a new tag to set the StyleCopTreatErrorsAsWarnings flag to false. For example:

  
    Debug
    AnyCPU
    8.0.50727
    2.0
    {4B4DB6AA-A021-4F95-92B7-B88B5B360228}
    WinExe
    Properties
    TestProject
    TestProject
    false
  

A sample proj file content with false is shown above.

The build will be successful only after all sylecop errors are fixed.