Before you can create your own code analyzer, you need to ensure that you have installed the .NET Compiler Platform SDK. To do this, perform the following steps:
- Add a new project to your solution and click on Extensibility. Select Download the .NET Compiler Platform SDK and click OK.
- This will actually create a project with an index file. The page that opens will provide a download to the .NET Compiler Platform SDK. Click on that to start the download.
- Just save the downloaded file to a directory on your hard drive. Then you should close down Visual Studio before clicking on the VSIX file.
- The .NET Compiler Platform SDK installer will now start and allow you to select the instance of Visual Studio to install to.
When the installation is complete, restart Visual Studio again.
