Problem with SA16XX in build.log msbuild for VS2019

[mraabe-de]

The findings covering SA16xx are not printed in the build log when the VS2019 project is built using msbuild CLI.
All other findings are printed in the build.log:

C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(202,80): warning SA1002: Semicolons should not be preceded by a space. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]
C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(280,21): warning SA1005: Single line comment should begin with a space. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]
C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(488,31): warning SA1011: Closing square bracket should not be preceded by a space. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]
C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(198,56): warning SA1019: Member access symbol '.' should not be followed by a space. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]
C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(284,28): warning SA1020: Increment symbol '++' should not be preceded by a space. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]
C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(284,28): warning SA1003: Operator '++' should not be preceded by whitespace. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]
CompilerServer: server - server processed compilation - 1a94dfad-c233-4a0c-91fd-dffa2b548c17

[bjornhellander]

Can you provide the test solution?

[mraabe-de]

StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx.zip

Readme_SA16xx bug.txt

Here is the text of "Readme_SA16xx.bug.txt":

This folder "StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx"
contains a VS 2019 project "StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile".
The StyleCop.Analysers 1.1.118 is in use.
The goal is it, to get the findings of StyleCop.Analysers displayed in the error list
being listed in the "build.log" in the folder "Test\Tmp".

The CLI command "msbuild build.proj -t:clean;build" is to be executed in the folder "StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx".

The file "Tests\Tmp\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile_Build.log" is created.
It contains the output of the msbuild run.
Here are the findings of the StyleCop.Analysers listed.
Unfortunatels the SA16xx findings are not visible.
Only the finding SA1011 can be found.

In the VS 2019 the build output is listed as:
Rebuild started...
1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(92,53,92,54): warning SA1011: Closing square bracket should not be preceded by a space.
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(55,9,55,41): warning SA1622: Generic type parameter documentation should have text.
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(21,13,21,43): warning SA1613: Element parameter documentation should declare parameter name
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(20,13,20,41): warning SA1614: Element parameter documentation should have text
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(22,13,22,32): warning SA1616: Element return value documentation should have text
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(30,13,30,43): warning SA1613: Element parameter documentation should declare parameter name
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(29,13,29,41): warning SA1614: Element parameter documentation should have text
1>C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(31,13,31,36): warning SA1617: Void return value should not be documented
1> StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile -> C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\bin\Debug\SonarWebApi.exe
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

The file "Tests\Tmp\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile_Build.log" lists:
"C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.sln" (build target) (1) ->
"C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj" (default target) (2) ->
(CoreCompile target) ->
C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\Program.cs(92,53): warning SA1011: Closing square bracket should not be preceded by a space. [C:\Tests\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFileSA16xx\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile.csproj]

1 Warning(s)

What can we do, to see the SA16xx finding in the log file "Tests\Tmp\StyleCopTestSolutionXMLFile_Build.log"?

Martin Raabe
2025-08-07

[bjornhellander]

You get this behavior in the Release configuration since you have not enabled generation of an xml documentation file (done in Debug, but not Release). Having this option turned off affects various SA16xx rules in strange ways. SA0001 is added to inform of this, but you have chosen to disable it in your ruleset file.