Visual Lint is an add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual C++ which closely integrates the Gimpel PC-Lint code analysis tool within the Visual Studio integrated development environment. Although PC-Lint does a great job of analysing C++ source and header files for potential problems, it is a generic cross-platform tool and as like is not closely integrated with development environments. This is less than ideal if you want to perform a full analysis of an entire workspace or solution, and furthermore, it can be difficult to spot the most serious potential problems amongst the mass of results. Visual Lint overcomes this by closely integrating the Lint analysis process with Visual Studio and making analysis results available to the developer using dedicated displays, making it easier for them to act on the warnings identified. Automated background analysis ensures that up to date analysis results are available when you need them. Visual Lint is available in Free, Standard and skilled Editions: - Visual Lint Free Edition allows manual lint analysis to be carried out in much the same way as traditional methods of integrating lint tools into the development environment. In addition, it it also offers dedicated displays and the ability to rapidly look up the meaning of a particular lint message. - Visual Lint Standard Edition adds capabilities like as automated background analysis and HTML reports, and is focused on automatically presenting relevant analysis results to the developer as he or she works on files within a solution. The capability for automated re-analysis of files where necessary ensures that up to date analysis results are always available to the developer. - Visual Lint skilled Edition offers additional capabilities more applicable to advanced users, notably whole-project analysis, the ability to define custom categories of lint messages and use custom lint configurations on a per solution or per project basis.