newbie and compact framework versions

Hi, I am writing my first app aimed at windows mobile devices

I need to use a 3rd party component which is aimed at compact
framework 2 as i understand that it has better thread support than
version1.

I currently only have visual studio 2003 which as far as i can tell
only supports version 1 of the framework, is that correct? Do
I need to upgrade to VS 2005 to use compact framework 2?

Thanks
tony

Yes, your understanding is perfect. .NET CF 2.0 ==> Visual Studio 2005
(which also supports .NET CF 1.0, by the way).

Visual Studio.NET 2003 ==> .NET CF 1.0

Paul T.

"tony leake" <tony_leake@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am writing my first app aimed at windows mobile devices
>
> I need to use a 3rd party component which is aimed at compact
> framework 2 as i understand that it has better thread support than
> version1.
>
> I currently only have visual studio 2003 which as far as i can tell
> only supports version 1 of the framework, is that correct? Do
> I need to upgrade to VS 2005 to use compact framework 2?
>
> Thanks
> tony