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2 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Dan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>  Henrik S. Gaßmann <henrik@gassmann.onl>  Jiří Malák <malak.jiri@gmail.com>  Nick Zitzmann <nickzman@gmail.com> +Kees Dekker <kees.dekker@infor.com> diff --git a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt index 98deed01e..76887dcda 100644 --- a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt +++ b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Building with Visual C++, prerequisites     The latest Platform SDK can be downloaded freely from:
 -    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924
 +    https://developer.microsoft.com/nl-nl/windows/downloads/sdk-archive
     If you are building with VC6 then you will also need the February 2003
     Edition of the Platform SDK which can be downloaded from:
 @@ -44,15 +44,25 @@ Building straight from git  Building with Visual C++
  ========================
 -Open a Visual Studio Command prompt or the SDK CMD shell.
 +Open a Visual Studio Command prompt:
 -    Using the CMD Shell:
 -     choose the right environment via the setenv command (see setenv /?)
 -     for the full list of options. setenv /xp /x86 /release for example.
 +     Using the 'Developer Command Prompt for VS <version>' menu entry:
 +       where version is the Visual Studio version. The developer prompt at default
 +       uses the x86 mode. It is required to call Vcvarsall.bat to setup the prompt
 +       for the machine type you want, using Vcvarsall.bat.
 +       This type of command prompt may not exist in all Visual Studio versions.
 -    Using the Visual Studio command prompt Shell:
 -     Everything is already pre-configured by calling one of the command
 -     prompt.
 +       For more information, check:
 +         https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/developer-command-prompt-for-vs
 +         https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/how-to-enable-a-64-bit-visual-cpp-toolset-on-the-command-line
 +
 +     Using the 'VS <version> <platform> <type> Command Prompt' menu entry:
 +       where version is the Visual Studio version, platform is e.g. x64
 +       and type Native of Cross platform build.  This type of command prompt
 +       may not exist in all Visual Studio versions.
 +
 +       See also:
 +         https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f2ccy3wt.aspx
  Once you are in the console, go to the winbuild directory in the Curl
  sources:
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