Project/solution class inheritance tree and dependency graph

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Is there any way to get inheritance tree and/or class dependency graph for the whole Visual Studio project/solution from code? I know that it's possible to iterate through all classes and check keywords but I'm looking for easier way.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '11 at 07:49

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You can right click on your project and select View Class Diagram. Is that what looking for?

answered Apr 05 '11 at 07:49

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '11 at 07:57

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Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate can do this, using the Architecture functionality. In Professional/Express you can generate a class-diagram, but that's probably not what you want.

answered Apr 05 '11 at 07:57

Claus Jørgensen

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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There is a Dependency graph feature in Visual Studio 2010. It is a new architecture tool available in VS2010.

The generated graph looks something like this,

Dependency graph

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answered Apr 05 '11 at 07:58

Devendra D. Chavan

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That's not a programmatically way, but I think I will able to use it via VS SDK. Thanks a lot. – Silx Apr 05 '11 at 08:12

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 06 '11 at 10:54

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You can also used the tool NDepend to get a custom inheritance graph over a VS project, a VS solution or even multiple VS solutions. The graph would look like that:

NDepend custom inheritance graph

answered Apr 06 '11 at 10:54

Patrick from NDepend team

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Project/solution class inheritance tree and dependency graph

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