Overview of PVS-studio analyzer advanced features. PVS-Studio Standalone is an IDE/compiler independent tool which allows you to analyze your code and review analysis results.

1. PVS-Studio static analyzer:
advanced features
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2. Overview of PVS-studio analyzer
advanced features:
These advanced features can make your life
easier when working on a large-scale
project or a project with a non-standard
build system:
• Standalone tool
• Pre-generated preprocessed files
• Compiler Monitoring
• Message Suppression
• MSBuild integration

3. PVS-Studio Standalone: next step in the
evolution of static analyzer tools
PVS-Studio Standalone is an IDE/compiler
independent tool which allows you to
analyze your code and review analysis
results.
• Open and navigate PVS-Studio XML log
files (plog)
• Analyze pre-generated preprocessed
files
• Trace compiler invocations during build
process and analyze the code that is
being built
• Completely IDE-independent

4. Analysis of pre-generated preprocessed files
With PVS-Studio Standalone you can analyze C++
preprocessed (intermediate) files regardless of
how or where they were generated.
• Completely build-system independent
• Preprocessed files can be generated either on
Windows or on any other OS
• Supported preprocessors: Visual C++, GCC,
Clang, Borland C++.
• Specify a common system includes path to
exclude system libraries from analysis

5. Unicorn meets the Tux
With PVS-Studio Standalone you can analyze preprocessed files that were generated even
on Linux systems!

6. Compiler Monitoring: tracing of compiler
invocations
Trace your build process by PVS-Studio Compiler
Monitor. You can analyze source files that were built
after the compilation process is finished.
• Seamless Build System integration: monitoring will
“catch” compiler processed regardless of how and
where they were started
• No configuration required: monitoring will
automatically determine your compiler and target
platform.
• Supported compilers are: Visual C++, GCC, Clang,
Borland C++
• Can either be used from Standalone GUI or directly
integrated into your build system through a command
line tool.
• Analyzer reports can be reviewed from either
Standalone tool or Visual Studio IDE (to take
advantage of IntelliSence system)

7. Compiler Monitoring: analyze anything!
As long as it uses one of the supported compilers (Visual C++, GCC, Clang, Borland C++), you can literally analyze
anything with PVS-Studio.

8. Suppression of messages on the existing code
base
When you have a large code base and want to concentrate
on verifying only newly writtenmodified code, you can
“throw out” all of the thousands of messages generated for
your existing code base. You will see analyzer warnings only
on those chunks of code that you will insert after that
moment.
And if someday you wish to return to the “suppressed”
parts, you can easily review those messages or delete
suppression bases altogether.
• No source file modification required
• Independent on the source file location – can be used
across different systems
• Simple XML format of suppression message base files
• Can be easily integrated into revision control system

9. Feel the difference: mass message suppression –
before and after
Notice the total number of messages. Work only with your newly written or modified code

10. Build and Analyze - direct integration of PVS-Studio
analyzer into MSBuild
Integrate PVS-Studio analysis directly into your Visual
Studio project (vcxproj) files in just one click!
• Analysis will be started after build process is
complete
• Out-of-the-box incremental analysis – only the files
that are build are analyzed
• Completely native to MSBuild – no COM based IDE
APIs are utilized to get the compilation parameters
to the analyzer.
• Build and Analyze your projects from either a
Visual Studio IDE or by directly invoking MSBuild
engine through the command line
• Use PVS-Studio Standalone or IDE plug-ins to view
the analysis report

11. No Visual Studio is needed!
Utilizing PVS-Studio Standalone with Compiler Monitoring and MSBuild Integration you use PVS-Studio
analysis even without Visual Studio or with Visual Studio Express edition (unsupported by PVS-Studio
IDE plug-ins).

12. PVS-Studio Advantages
• Easy-to-download! You can download PVS-Studio distribution
package without registering and filling in any forms:
http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio-download/
• Easy-to-try! The PVS-Studio program is implemented as a plug-in for
Visual Studio.
• Easy-to-buy! Unlike other code analyzers, we have simple pricing and
licensing policy: http://www.viva64.com/en/order/
• Easy-to-support! It is the analyzer's developers who directly
communicate with users, which enables you to quickly get answers to
even complicated questions related to programming.