Some of the rules included with CodeIt.Right are not part of the built-in profile as are not part of the Microsoft Guidelines and yet they often come very handy especially when you choose to use a standard other than recommended by Microsoft.
This post covers step-by-step how to add a rule to custom user profile. In this walk-through we will add rule "Replace identifier prefix" (ReplaceIdentifierPrefix) [Naming] and configure it to replace the old style "m_" variable prefix with the new .NET style "_" (underscore). This is very convenient when move existing old style project to the .NET naming conventions.
- Open Profile Editor
- Make sure you are not using built-in profile -> see How to create own Profile
- Click the Add Rule toolbar button
- Find and select the "Replace identifier prefix" in the list and click OK
- Enter name for the new rule (we will use "Replace "m_" with "_" is"), set PrefixToCheck parameter to "m_" and PrefixToReplace to "_", choose Targets (using only the targets that are applicable to the rule allows for better analysis performance) and click Save
- New rule "Replace "m_" with "_" is" is part of your profile now.
