WSDG: Expand the VS command prompt text.

Add links to the command prompt documentation and mention that you can
set up a VC++ environment in an existing command prompt.

Change-Id: I74a2e1450ad1113ef94896fc2c6dbd06d96e3d40
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/36352
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Petri-Dish: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot
Reviewed-by: Peter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>
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Gerald Combs 2020-03-09 09:24:12 -07:00 committed by Peter Wu
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==== Open a Visual Studio Command Prompt
From the Start Menu (or Start Screen), navigate to the “Visual Studio
2019” folder and choose the Command Prompt appropriate for the build you
wish to make, e.g. “x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019” for a
64-bit version or “x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019” for a
32-bit version. Depending on your version of Windows the Command Prompt
list might be directly under “Visual Studio 2019” or you might have to
dig for it under multiple folders, e.g. menu:Visual Studio 2019[Visual
Studio Tools,Windows Desktop Command Prompts].
From the Start Menu (or Start Screen), navigate to the “Visual Studio 2019” folder and choose the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line?view=vs-2019#developer_command_prompt_shortcuts[Command Prompt] appropriate for the build you wish to make, e.g. “x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019” for a 64-bit version or “x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019” for a 32-bit version.
Depending on your version of Windows the Command Prompt list might be directly under “Visual Studio 2019” or you might have to dig for it under multiple folders, e.g. menu:Visual Studio 2019[Visual Studio Tools,Windows Desktop Command Prompts].
You can set up a build environment in your own command prompt by running the appropriate `vcvars__ARCHITECTURE__.bat` command.
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line?view=vs-2019#use-the-developer-tools-in-an-existing-command-window[Use the Microsoft C++ toolset from the command line] for details.
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