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This section shows you how to integrate the Kiuwan Visual Studio Extension (Kiuwan IDE Plug-In) into Microsoft Visual Studio. 

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The Kiuwan Visual Studio Extension is available only in Viewer Mode and supported for Visual Studio

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Kiuwan for Developers monitors and reports on security and quality issues of your code at the point that it is written. This immediate feedback provides you with the opportunity to fix/improve your code before it is delivered.

This plugin connects with Kiuwan and harness the power of its security and quality models to prevent vulnerabilities and errors.

K4D is supported in VisualStudio 2015 and 2017

2015 and 2017.


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Installation

First,

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configure the Kiuwan Gallery to download

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the Kiuwan VS Extension from Kiuwan.

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  1. In Visual Studio, go to Tools

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  1. > Options
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  2. Open Environment >> Extension and Updates and Add a new one

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  1. using the following URLs:
    1. For Visual Studio 2015 - 2019: https://

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    1. For Visual Studio 2022: https://static.kiuwan.com/download/vsgallery2022/atom.xml
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  1. After Apply and OK,

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  1. go to Tools

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  1. > Extensions and Updates..
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  2. Select Online

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  1. > Kiuwan Gallery 
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  2. Click Download.

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  1. Then, you need to close

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  1. Visual Studio to finish the installation.
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  2. Click Modify and

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  1. the Kiuwan Extension is downloaded and installed.
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Configuration

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Connect to Kiuwan

After installation, you need to configure

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the Kiuwan Extension to connect to Kiuwan. Please, remember that you need to have a valid Kiuwan Account.

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Go

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to Tools

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> Options

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 and select Kiuwan for Visual Studio

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> Connection properties

 

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If you are using a proxy, please configure Proxy Settings.

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Click Check credentials

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 before applying the changes with OK.

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Map

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your VS Project to Kiuwan Application

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the installation, you are ready to map your VS project to a Kiuwan application.

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allows you to synchronizing defects and vulnerabilities found by Kiuwan

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in your source code,

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getting them ready for fixing.

To map your VS project to Kiuwan, right-click on your project and select Kiuwan Project Properties.

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A dialog

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opens with a

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combination of available applications where you can select the application that matches your project in the Kiuwan account.

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Kiuwan Defects List

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go to View > Other Windows

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> Kiuwan Defects Window

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You can also open the Kiuwan Defects List by clicking on the Kiuwan icon Image Modified

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in the Solution Explorer toolbar

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The Kiuwan Defect List window will

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Double-clicking on a defect will open the file and

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highlight the line of the defect.

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Right-click a defect for two options: 

  1. Mark the defect as reviewed
  2. Open a browser window to see information about the rule (please use the same credentials as those configured in Connection Properties).

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Refreshing Defects List

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To be sure you are working on the

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latest list of defects found by Kiuwan, you need to manually refresh the defect list.

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Click the Image Modified icon

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to update the Kiuwan Defects List to the latest

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content of the Kiuwan servers.

Configuring the Contents of  Defects List

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Click the Image Modified icon

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to configure the Contents of Kiuwan Defects List.

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Configuring the Filters of  Defects List

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Click the Image Modifiedicon

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to configure Filters

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in the Kiuwan Defect List.

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Support and Troubleshooting 

If you experience problems with the Kiuwan

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extension for Visual Studio, you can read the Kiuwan Documentation to find a solution, or if you prefer you can collect troubleshooting information and send it to us.

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 to learn how to contact us. We will address your problem as soon as possible.

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