Modifies the error message of UsePSCredentialType as the rule is not applicable for PSVersions > 5.0.

Author: Kapil Borle

Rules/Strings.Designer.cs

@@ -217,16 +217,16 @@
     <value>One Char</value>
   </data>
   <data name="UsePSCredentialTypeDescription" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Checks that cmdlets that have a Credential parameter accept PSCredential with CredentialAttribute where PSCredential comes before CredentialAttribute.. This comes from the PowerShell teams best practices.</value>
+    <value>Checks if a credential parameter of type PSCredential has a CredentialAttribute attribute such that PSCredential precedes CredentialAttribute. This is not applicable to PowerShell version 5.0 or above. </value>
   </data>
   <data name="UsePSCredentialTypeError" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The Credential parameter in '{0}' must be of the type PSCredential with CredentialAttribute where PSCredential comes before CredentialAttribute.</value>
+    <value>The Credential parameter in '{0}' must be of type PSCredential and must have a CredentialAttribute attribute such that PSCredential is placed before CredentialAttribute. This is not applicable to PowerShell version 5.0 or above.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="UsePSCredentialTypeErrorSB" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The Credential parameter in a found script block must be of the type PSCredential with CredentialAttribute where PSCredential comes before CredentialAttribute.</value>
+    <value>The Credential parameter found in the script block must be of type PSCredential and must have a CredentialAttribute attribute such that PSCredential is placed before CredentialAttribute. This is not applicable to PowerShell version 5.0 or above.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="UsePSCredentialTypeCommonName" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>PSCredential</value>
+    <value>Use PSCredential type.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ReservedCmdletCharDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Checks for reserved characters in cmdlet names. These characters usually cause a parsing error. Otherwise they will generally cause runtime errors.</value>

Rules/Strings.resx

@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.BuiltinRules
 {
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// UsePSCredentialType: Checks if a credential parameter of type PSCredential has a credential attribute of type CredentialAttribute. 
+    /// UsePSCredentialType: Checks if a credential parameter of type PSCredential has a credential attribute of type CredentialAttribute such that the type precedes the attribute. This is applicable to only to PowerShell Version less than 5.0.
     /// </summary>
     [Export(typeof(IScriptRule))]
     public class UsePSCredentialType : IScriptRule
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// AnalyzeScript: Analyzes the ast to check if a credential parameter of type PSCredential has a credential attribute of type CredentialAttribute.
+        /// AnalyzeScript: Analyzes the ast to check if a credential parameter of type PSCredential has a credential attribute of type CredentialAttribute such that the type precedes the attribute. This is applicable to only to PowerShell Version less than 5.0.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="ast">The script's ast</param>
         /// <param name="fileName">The script's file name</param>

Rules/UsePSCredentialType.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer 
-$violationMessage = "The Credential parameter in 'Credential' must be of the type PSCredential with CredentialAttribute where PSCredential comes before CredentialAttribute."
+$violationMessage = "The Credential parameter in 'Credential' must be of type PSCredential and must have a CredentialAttribute attribute such that PSCredential is placed before CredentialAttribute. This is not applicable to PowerShell version 5.0 or above."
 $violationName = "PSUsePSCredentialType"
 $directory = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
 $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer $directory\PSCredentialType.ps1 | Where-Object {$_.RuleName -eq $violationName}