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authorWei Li <weili@chromium.org>2017-12-13 14:24:21 +0000
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Update build instructions on Windows
Since we share the build tool with Chromium, and get their updates regularly, we would share the Windows Visual Studio requirements document as well. This can keep the doc more update to date. BUG= Change-Id: I2f667a8d96a1017abedf6c4d238d0528f0d97de3 Reviewed-on: https://pdfium-review.googlesource.com/21030 Reviewed-by: dsinclair <dsinclair@chromium.org> Commit-Queue: dsinclair <dsinclair@chromium.org>
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### Windows development
-PDFium uses a similar Windows toolchain as Chromium:
+PDFium uses the same build tool as Chromium:
#### Open source contributors
-Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 or later is highly recommended. Visual Studio 2015
-is current default version, run `set GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2017` when you use Visual
-Studio 2017.
+Please refer to [Chromium's Visual Studio set up](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md#visual-studio)
+for requirements and instructions on build environment configuration.
Run `set DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN=0`, or set that variable in your global
environment.