By Michael Flanakin @ 10:40 AM :: 709 Views :: .NET :: Digg it!

Symptoms

When running code analysis from Visual Studio 2005, you receive the following error as the last item in the error list:

Additional code analysis warnings or errors cannot be displayed

Cause

By default, only 200 code analysis warnings and errors are displayed. This is done for performance reasons.

Resolution

NOTE: Rumor has it that VS 2005 SP1 will fix this error; however, I have not tried that, yet.

There are two options to get around this. First, if it iyou can fix the first 200 and re-run code analysis. Obviously, if you want to see the true impact of code analysis to determine where to focus your efforts, this won't really help. So, the best option is to apply a quick and simple registry change to specify how many warnings/errors you'd like to see.

1. Start > Run...
2. Type regedit, click OK
3. Traverse the tree and select the following item: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Setup\EDev
4. In the right pane, double click the CodeAnalysisErrorListViolationLimit and change the value to the desired number of warnings/errors to display

More Information

• Applies to: Visual Studio 2005
• Visual Studio 2005 Code Analysis Error CA0503
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms245352.aspx