2 env-vc6.lnt: environment parameters for Microsoft's Visual C++ 6.x
4 If you are using the Microsoft Developer Studio and you wish to invoke
5 PC-lint from that environment then add one or more commands to the
11 For example, to add a unit check-out facility to the tools menu do
14 1. From the Tools Menu choose "Customize ..."
15 The Customize ... Dialog Box appears
16 2. Select the "Tools" tab
17 3. In the "Menu Contents" box, cursor down to the bottom where
18 you see an open rectangle. Click on this line which will enable
19 you to enter in a label that will identify the tool.
20 Type "PC-lint (unit check)" or equivalent and hit Enter.
21 4. You will now be able to edit the fields of this Tool.
22 Modify them so that they approximate the following:
24 Command: C:\LINT\LINT-NT.EXE
25 Arguments: -i"C:\LINT" -u std.lnt env-vc6.lnt "$(FileName)$(FileExt)"
26 Init. Directory $(FileDir)
28 X_Use Output Window __Prompt for arguments __Close window on exit
30 5. Select Close to return to the main environment.
32 This will result in the Tools menu containing the additional item
33 "PC-lint (unit check)". Checking 'X' on 'Use Output Window' is
34 important because in this way you can advance from error to error
35 using the F4 key (Shift F4 to reverse) or, less handily, using the
36 "Next Error" ("Prev Error") entries in the "Search" menu.
38 You probably want to advance your new tool upward into the initial
39 position of all tools while you are testing and modifying the command.
40 You can do this by using the stylized up-arrow button that appears
43 Note that by providing an "Initial Directory" and a local
44 "$(FileName)S(FileExt)" the containing directory can have a std.lnt that
45 overrides the global std.lnt. Also file-names in messages are not so long.
47 HOWEVER, you may need to use $(FilePath) in place of $(FileName)$(FileExt)
48 if the files are in a directory other that FileDir. If they are then
49 use of $(FileName) will render Visual Studio incapable of locating
50 the files when bouncing from message to message.
52 *Caution* -- You MUST have parentheses with $(Filename)$(FileExt) and
53 $(FileDir) or you will receive an incomprehensible diagnostic.
54 Historically, you did not always need parentheses with VC++, so people have
60 You will probably want to create a second item on the Tools menu
61 called "PC-lint (project check)". For this tool follow the steps
62 1-5 doing exactly the same thing as above except in step 4, the
63 information entered should be:
65 Command: C:\LINT\LINT-NT.EXE
66 Arguments -i"C:\LINT" std.lnt env-vc6.lnt project.lnt
67 Initial Directory $(FileDir)
69 This will require that the file that you are currently editing reside
70 in a directory that contains a file called 'project.lnt'. This file
71 you will create and maintain yourself; it is a list of the names of
72 the modules (all files except headers) in your project.
73 Such a list can usually be prepared with the help of the DIR command.
74 For example, the following batch command will produce a list of all
75 the .CPP files within a directory:
77 DIR /b *.cpp >project.lnt
79 If you are using full path names in your visual environment, in order
80 to use the F4 key to bounce to the next error you should give an option
81 to PC-lint to produce full file names. The option you will need is:
85 If your project spans multiple directories or if multiple
86 projects fit within a single directory the above simple-minded project
87 linting scheme will not work. Rather do the following.
90 Command: C:\LINT\LINT-NT.EXE
91 Arguments +ffn -i"C:\LINT" std.lnt env-vc6.lnt $(WkspName).lnt
92 Initial Directory $(WkspDir)
94 The WkspDir is only slightly misnamed. It is actually the project
95 directory and contains a file called NAME.dsp where NAME is the project
96 name. You will have to create a file NAME.lnt bearing the names of your
97 modules relative to the project directory. The best way of capturing the
98 names is to use PC-lint itself.
100 C:\LINT\LINT-NT NAME.dsp >NAME.lnt
102 where, again, NAME is the name of the project.
104 If you are working with a Workspace containing multiple Projects
105 use the following commands for converting .dsp's to .lnt's:
107 Command: C:\LINT\LINT-NT.EXE
108 Arguments: -v -os(project.lnt) $(WkspName).dsp
109 Initial Directory: $(WkspDir)
111 You will need to set a project as the active project before you can convert
112 its .dsp to a .lnt. To do so, select Project from the menu bar, then select
113 Set Active Project and choose a Project. You then click the newly added
114 conversion tool on the tools menu and then lint the project.
119 You also have the option of creating a PC-lint toolbar for your Visual C++
120 IDE. First create one or more tools as described above. Then, look at
121 the Tools menu and make note of the icon(s) next to the menu item(s).
122 It's usually a subscripted hammer; remember the subscript(s).
123 Choose Customize from the Tools menu and select the Toolbars tab.
124 Select New... and provide Visual C++ with the toolbar name "PC-lint".
125 Confirm that the checkbox next to this name is selected. Click the
126 Commands tab. In the drop-down box labelled Category, choose Tools.
127 Drag the icon(s) corresponding to the PC-lint menu item(s) to your
128 toolbar. Click Close and you now have your own PC-lint for C/C++ button.
129 (Note: If you change the location of the PC-lint menu item on the Tools
130 menu, you will change the subscript and you will need to change the
131 button(s) on the toolbar.)
136 -"format=%(%F(%l):%) error %n: (%t -- %m)" // Messages will contain
137 // file information (%F), the line number (%l), the
138 // message number (%n), message type (%t) and message text (%m).
140 -hF2 // Make sure we ALWAYS provide file information ('F') and use 2
141 // lines (line in error plus message).
143 -width(0) // don't break messages at any particular width
144 -t4 // Presume that tabs are every 4 stops
145 +e900 // issue a message at termination.