Assembly Binding Redirection and Code Analysis

Question

I'm using DotNetOpenAuth (which references System.Web.Mvc version 1.0.0.0) in a Mvc 3.0.0.0 project in Visual Studio 2010.

I'm using assembly binding redirection as follows:-

<runtime>
  <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

Everything works fine, except code analysis which gives me the following errors:-

CA0001 : The following error was encountered while reading module X: Assembly reference cannot be resolved: System.Web.Mvc, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35.

and

CA0058 : The referenced assembly 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' could not be found. This assembly is required for analysis and was referenced by: X.

Is there a way to get the code analysis tool to respect the assembly binding redirection?

Answer 1

Just to supplement with a little more precise answer:

You need to either run FxCopCmd.exe with:

fxcopcmd.exe /assemblyCompareMode:StrongNameIgnoringVersion

or modify your Visual Studio project file for each build configuration's property group, like this:

<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
  ...
  <CodeAnalysisAdditionalOptions>/assemblyCompareMode:StrongNameIgnoringVersion</CodeAnalysisAdditionalOptions>
</PropertyGroup>

Answer 2

See http://davesbox.com/archive/2008/06/10/reference-resolution-changes-in-code-analysis-and-fxcop-part-1.aspx and http://davesbox.com/archive/2008/06/14/reference-resolutions-changes-in-code-analysis-and-fxcop-part-2.aspx for a bit of background information.

In VS2010/FxCop 10.0, there's a new /assemblyCompareMode command line switch for fxcopcmd.exe that allows you to specify the comparison mode without mucking about with the .config file. You can specify this in you VS project by using the CodeAnalysisAdditionalOptions MSBuild property.

Answer 3

In addition to peter_raven solution you can specify option to make Code Analysis work with TFS build. Add this in build options, process tab, advanced category in "MSBuild Arguments":

/p:CodeAnalysisAdditionalOptions=/assemblyCompareMode:StrongNameIgnoringVersion

Answer 4

Use this if you need to turn off Code Analysis.

In Visual Studio 2012,

1. Right click on your project and select "Properties" from the popup menu.
2. Click on "Code Analysis" tab and uncheck "Enable Code Analysis on Build"

Clean and Build. Code Analysis error should go away.