C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench Static Analyzer
Starting SoftBench Static Analyzer
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Starting SoftBench Static Analyzer
You can start SoftBench Static Analyzer from the main SoftBench
window, from your configured editor, or from SoftBench Debugger. In the
main SoftBench window, select the "Static Analyzer" icon in the
toolbar, or choose "File: Static Analysis…". SoftBench Static
Analyzer starts, displaying all your project's functions. SoftBench Static
Analyzer focuses its queries on the current project.
Once you start SoftBench Static Analyzer, you can explore the project's
source code with queries on the "Show" menu, or with specific "Identifier"
queries on the "Symbol" menu. Commands on the "Show" menu display
all symbols in the project for a given category. For example, you can show
all functions, all classes, and all global variables.
Commands on the "Symbol" menu require an identifier in the "Symbol
()" input box. You can type a symbol name directly in the "Symbol ()"
input box, or you can select a list item from a previous query which
automatically copies the relevant symbol into the input box. For
example, you select a specific global variable, then choose "Symbol:
References ()" to display all references to the selected global variable.
When you execute a Static query from the configured editor or SoftBench
Debugger, select the symbol of interest, then choose a command from the
"Static" menu. The "Static" menu in the editor and SoftBench
Debugger equates to the "Symbol" menu in SoftBench Static Analyzer.
Within SoftBench Static Analyzer you can choose between textual and
graphical queries.
Textual Queries The main SoftBench Static Analyzer
window provides facilities for making
textual query requests, displaying
the results in a list, and browsing the
results in the editor.
Graphical Queries The Static Graphs provide facilities
formakingqueryrequests,displaying
the results graphically, and browsing
the results in the editor.
Textual queries via the "Show" and "Symbol" menus are effective while
you are learning about the identifiers, such as functions and global
variables, used in your code. Graphical queries are effective when you