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WSDG: Visual Studio fixes. 

Convert a single numbered list to a simple paragraph. Generalize a
reference to to the VS Community Edition in one place and fix the VS
version in another.

Start using one sentence per line as recommended at
https://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-recommended-practices/#one-sentence-per-line

Change-Id: Iaa2a830d6cdb034c8057e4a6c45935e65d1d387e
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/34519
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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Gerald Combs 2019-09-13 12:05:53 -07:00
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@ -66,14 +66,10 @@ command `choco install` (or its shorthand, `cinst`), e.g.
[[ChSetupMSVC]]
==== Install Microsoft C compiler and SDK
==== Install Microsoft Visual Studio
You need to install, in exactly this order:
. C compiler:
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=16[Download]
and install “Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition.” This is a small
download that then downloads all the other required parts (which are quite large).
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=16[Download] and install “Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition.”
This is a small utility that downloads all the other required parts (which are quite large).
Check the checkbox for “Desktop development with {cpp}” and then uncheck
all the optional components other than the “V{cpp} 2019” item with the
@ -105,12 +101,9 @@ of Visual Studio add more cross-platform support.
// which significantly reduce download size - and find out the
// required components
Why is this recommended? While this is a huge download,
Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition is the only free (as in beer)
version that includes the Visual Studio integrated
debugger. Visual Studio 2019 is also used to create official
Wireshark builds, so it will likely have fewer development-related
problems.
Why is this recommended?
While this is a huge download, the Community Editions of Visual Studio are free (as in beer) and include the Visual Studio integrated debugger.
Visual Studio 2019 is also used to create official Wireshark builds, so it will likely have fewer development-related problems.
[[ChSetupQt]]
@ -499,8 +492,7 @@ _vcredist_x64.exe_). You can use Windows Explorer and examine the
“Properties -> Details” tab for a vcredist file to determine which
compiler version the file is for use with.
For Visual Studio 2019 and later, all editions include the
redistributables, so you do not need to download them.
For Visual Studio 2017 and later, all editions include the redistributables, so you do not need to download them.
If you've closed the Visual Studio Command Prompt <<ChSetupPrepareCommandCom,prepare>> it again.