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How do you count the lines of code in a Visual Studio solution?

How can I show the code metrics window in Visual Studio 2008 Professional SP1? I’m looking to see how many total lines of code my project is for school and I can’t find it.

The help file said to go to View->Other Windows->Code Metrics, but this option is not available to me. I also tried right-clicking the project in the Solution Explorer to see if there was an option but there wasn’t.

Where is this mythical unicorn of a feature? If the Pro version doesn’t have this feature has anyone found a simple external method to count the lines in all .cs files in an automated way?

Answer 1

Code Metrics is only available in the Team System versions of Visual Studio 2008. If you have an Express Edition, Standard, or Professional you’re out of luck.

See comments and screenshots here:

• http://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop/archive/2007/10/03/new-for-visual-studio-2008-code-metrics.aspx
• http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/10/04/code-analysis-features-in-vs-2008.aspx