C# code analysis - VS 2005

Question

I have a C# user control project which causes intermittent .NET run time error, a generic error, and wondering if there is any code analysis tool that I can point at my .sln file which would tell me what may be causing my error

Answer 1

Is there a tool that will tell you what you're doing wrong?

No. That's part of the fun of programming. It's impossible for a computer program to look at a piece of code and definitively determine what all of the errors are.

Are there tools out there that can tell me some things my program is doing wrong?

Yes, these are called static analysis tools. FxCop is a free tool available from Microsoft that will an amazing amount of static analysis on your code base.

I'm not 100% sure if the standalone version can be pointed at a .sln file. But it can easily be pointed at the build output from a solution.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476.aspx