A Visual Studio developer, for example, would load a build in Lattix LDM and then see violations of rules and new dependencies created since the last build.

The product is available now in three editions, including a US$495 Professional Edition, for projects with fewer than 1,000 classes or files, and the $2,995 Enterprise Edition, for projects with an unlimited number of classes and files. These two editions allow for publishing of rules. A $395 View Edition examines rules without offering the capability to publish them.