LintProject FAQ

On this page you will find answers to some common questions about LintProject. If there is anything you need to know which is not covered here, please do not hesitate to contact us.


 

Can I use LintProject on its own?

No. To use LintProject, you must have a licenced copy of PC-Lint. Please contact Gimpel Software for ordering information for PC-Lint.

 

Which platforms does LintProject support?

LintProject requires Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

It has not yet been tested on the forthcoming Windows Vista.

 

Which versions of Visual C++ is LintProject compatible with?

LintProject is compatible with Visual C++versions 5.0, 6.0, .NET 2002 and .NET 2003. It has not yet been tested with Visual C++ .NET 2005.

Compilation of the LintProject source requires Visual C++ .NET 2003.

 

What configuration does LintProject require?

None. Simply place the executable into the same folder as the PC-Lint executable (lint-nt.exe) and it should work quite happily.

If you prefer to locate LintProject.exe elseware, the /f switch can be used to tell it where to find the PC-Lint executable.

 

Can I pass my own parameters to the PC-Lint executable?

Yes. You can use the /l switch to pass parameters directly to lint-nt.exe.

 

I have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed, and some of the links in the reports don't work

This is a direct result of the "Local Machine Zone Lockdown" policy introduced in Windows XP SP2, which prevents Javascript code (which is included in the HTML reports to provide table sorting facilities) from running when HTML pages are accessed locally.

The following articles discuss the lockdown and its implications:
According to the articles we've read on this, it should be possible to circumvent this by adding "The mark of the web" (in Microsoft terminology to the generated HTML. Unfortunately, so far this has proved unreliable - possibly due to the way the XSLT transformation formats line endings. We will continue to look for a way to circumvent this restriction, but for now simply click on the Information Bar when the warning appears and select the "Allow Blocked Content" option.

Note that this issue only affects Internet Explorer. Other browsers should be unaffected.

 

Which additional system DLLs does LintProject require, and what versions?

On recent versions of Windows, LintProject should not require any additional system DLLs to be installed. Please contact us if you have difficulties using it on your system.
 
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