Creating and Opening Visual Studio Analyzer Projects

In order to start Visual Studio Analyzer, you must create or open a Visual Studio Analyzer project. A Visual Studio Analyzer project stores the filters and event logs associated with a particular Visual Studio Analyzer session.

The quickest way to create a new Visual Studio Analyzer project is to run the Visual Studio Analyzer Project Wizard. The Visual Studio Analyzer Project Wizard is a series of dialog boxes that prompt you for the information needed to create the project. Help is available for each dialog box.

To create a Visual Studio Analyzer project using the Visual Studio Analyzer Project Wizard

1. Click the File menu, and then click New Project.
   
   
2. Click Analyzer Wizard.
   
   
3. In the Name box, type a name for your project.
   
   
4. In the Location box, type a path for your project.
   
   
5. Click Open.
   
   
6. Complete the Wizard steps by choosing options that are appropriate for the kind of Visual Studio Analyzer project you are creating. You can move forward and backward through the steps of the Wizard and make changes to the options you select; the Wizard does not create any files until you click Finish. See Visual Studio Analyzer Project Wizard for detailed information about each of the Wizard's dialog boxes, as well as a summary of what files the Wizard creates.

To create a Visual Studio Analyzer project without using the Visual Studio Analyzer Project Wizard

1. Click the File menu, and then click New Project.
   
   
2. Click Analyzer Project.
   
   
3. In the Name box, type a name for your project.
   
   
4. In the Location box, type a path for your project.
   
   
5. Click Open.

   The Project Explorer displays your project. Continue with the steps in the procedures from the following list (the Task List will show the steps you need to complete before you can use your project):

   • Selecting Machines to Monitor
     
     
   • Defining an Event Log
     
     
   • Creating and Refining Visual Studio Analyzer Filters

To open a Visual Studio Analyzer project

1. Click the File menu, and then click Open Project.
   
   
2. Navigate to the Visual Studio Analyzer project you want to open, select the project, and then click Open.

   Visual Studio Analyzer reconnects to the machines listed in the project and the Project Explorer displays your project.