TICS Client Configuration Dialog

For the TICS client, the option exists to have the configuration done via a graphical user interface rather than passing extra options on the command line. This graphical user interface is reachable via multiple ways:

• It can be opened in a command-line window by the command TICSConfig.
• If in Windows, you can open it via the Start Menu in TIOBE => TICS Client Configuration.
• If working from an IDE with TICS, there should be a toolbar icon TICS Rule and Options Configuration in the IDE that opens it.

This should then show the following dialog:

The Rules tab: specify which violations to show.

The rules are categorized by language and by level. Rules can be switched on and off per level or individually. If a rule has been switched off it is not shown anymore in the output window. Note that hidden violations are still detected and being used for statistical overviews. You can right-click on a rule for its documentation. The settings specified by the user are saved in the HIDDEN.txt file.

The tab General Options provides general TICS options.

The tab Analyzer Options provides options for the TICS analyzer.

Also in the Analyzer Options tab, one can specify the location of Code Coverage result files (in case one of the Code Coverage metrics is enabled).