Find all dependencies of a single class

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How do I automatically get a list of dependencies of a single .NET (C#) class with direct and indirect dependencies but excluding classes from 3rd party libraries?

I've tried VS and NDepend. With VS's Generate dependency graph it doesn't allow to pick a single class and I get a huge unmanageable graph with NDepend it includes dependencies from 3rd party libraries and I've not found an option to exclude those and keep the diagram at class level it forces me to switch to namespace or assembly level.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 07 '17 at 18:01

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You can do this with Visual Studio Enterprise.

From the Architecture menu, choose New Diagram
Select Direct Graph Document
If you don't have any modeling project in your solution, you will be asked to create it
Drag and drop the class you are interested in from the solution explorer to the diagram area
Click Find all references

I use VS2013 so some nuance can be different (i.e. names in the context menu) but for sure you can do it also in VS 2010 and 2012.

edited Feb 07 '17 at 18:01

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answered Mar 27 '14 at 17:47

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I've got to step 5. Where should the "Find all references" command be? – axk Mar 27 '14 at 18:10
In VS 2013 is in the context menu right-clicking the class in the diagram. Check it out if it's the same in your version of VS. – Andrea Coluccio Mar 27 '14 at 18:50

Find all dependencies of a single class

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