Can I use Windows.Forms 2.0 with Visual Studio 2003?

[Spurry Moses]

Hi,

I have a question regarding the new release of the Framework that is
coming up.
This is truly a framework question, I think.

I have Visual Studio .Net 2003. I like some of the news about
Windows.Forms 2.0, like the BackgroundWorker. These improvements are in
the upcoming 'Whidbey' release.

Am I going to need to buy the new Visual Studio 2005 to get these features
or will they become available in the SDK and I can utilise them while
still using Visual Studio 2003?

My guess and hope would be that, by sticking with VS2003, that I won't get
any "Upgrade Wizard" unless I buy VS 2005. But that the new Controls
should still be available just by downloading the Whidbey SDK.

 

[Sean Hederman]

[Snip]

My guess and hope would be that, by sticking with VS2003, that I won't get
any "Upgrade Wizard" unless I buy VS 2005. But that the new Controls
should still be available just by downloading the Whidbey SDK.

Nope, you will require VS2005 to be able to use the .NET 2.0 compiler
through the IDE, and the new controls will only work with 2.0 projects so...