From 929ea6783781e77d0aab32d352e31735fef02d4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg DiCristofaro <gregd@basistech.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 15:13:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updates for docs
---
appveyor.yml | 2 +-
win32/BUILDING.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b6a90b647..33d19dfa3 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ environment:
matrix:
- job_name: Windows Build
- appveyor_build_worker_image: Visual Studio 2015
+ appveyor_build_worker_image: Visual Studio 2019
- job_name: Linux Build
appveyor_build_worker_image: Ubuntu
- job_name: macOS Build
diff --git a/win32/BUILDING.txt b/win32/BUILDING.txt
index a6d172af2..11bf98f14 100755
--- a/win32/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/win32/BUILDING.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Last Updated: 18 October 2016
-This file describes how to build TSK using Visual Studio 2015 (see
+This file describes how to build TSK using Visual Studio 2019 (see
README_win32.txt for instructions on building the win32 libraries and
executables from Linux).
@@ -8,15 +8,21 @@ executables from Linux).
Installing Visual Studio
If you do not have a copy of Visual Studio, you can use the free
-Community Edition:
-
- http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/
-
-When installing it, choose to do a custom installation to ensure
-that Visual C++ is added. You will also need to choose support to make
-XP executables.
-
-
+Community Edition which can be downloaded after creating an
+account with Microsoft:
+
+ https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual%20studio%202019%20community&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads
+
+When installing,
+- In the "Workloads" tab, select "Desktop development with C++".
+- In the "Installation Details" panel on the right, additionally select:
+ - "C++/CLI support for 142 build tools.."
+ - "MSVC 141 - VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 build tools"
+- Under the "Individual components" tab in the "Compilers, build tools
+ and runtimes" section, select "C++ Windows XP Support for VS 2017
+ (v141) tools [Deprecated]"
+
+
Building
There are four build targets:
--
GitLab