help with splash screen
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hi, Can any one help with creating a splash screen for an vb.net 2005 application which after a specified interval diappears and the mdiparent form in shown. If someone help me it would be great help for me. Thanks
You'll need to create a form to act as your splash screen. Once you've done that goto Project > Properties. Make sure the Application tab is selected. At the bottom there should be a combobox which is labeled 'Splash Screen'. Just select the form you'd like to use. That's it! If you'd like to adjust the minimum time it displays (I believe the default is 2 seconds) you can set 'My.Application.MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime' in the new event of your form.
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hi, Can any one help with creating a splash screen for an vb.net 2005 application which after a specified interval diappears and the mdiparent form in shown. If someone help me it would be great help for me. Thanks
VS.NET 2005 (not the Express Editions) already comes with a SplashScreen template form. All you have to do is right-click your project in the Solution Explorer, click Add -> New Item..., then double-click the SplashScreen form. Give the form a name, and after it's added to your project, right click the form in the Solution Explorer and click View Code. The instructions for modifying the form are in the code comments.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007 -
VS.NET 2005 (not the Express Editions) already comes with a SplashScreen template form. All you have to do is right-click your project in the Solution Explorer, click Add -> New Item..., then double-click the SplashScreen form. Give the form a name, and after it's added to your project, right click the form in the Solution Explorer and click View Code. The instructions for modifying the form are in the code comments.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007It isn't that hard to create a splashscreen from scratch, though.
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
VS.NET 2005 (not the Express Editions) already comes with a SplashScreen template form
Is there anyway to get the splashscreen template for the Express Editions?
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It isn't that hard to create a splashscreen from scratch, though.
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
VS.NET 2005 (not the Express Editions) already comes with a SplashScreen template form
Is there anyway to get the splashscreen template for the Express Editions?
Paul Conrad wrote:
It isn't that hard to create a splashscreen from scratch, though.
No, it isn't, for us anyway. For someone who doesn't understand that the startup form also contains the app's message pump, it's a bit confusing.
Paul Conrad wrote:
Is there anyway to get the splashscreen template for the Express Editions?
it's not downloadable from anywhere. You'd have to lift a copy of the template files from a higher edition of VS.NET.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007 -
Paul Conrad wrote:
It isn't that hard to create a splashscreen from scratch, though.
No, it isn't, for us anyway. For someone who doesn't understand that the startup form also contains the app's message pump, it's a bit confusing.
Paul Conrad wrote:
Is there anyway to get the splashscreen template for the Express Editions?
it's not downloadable from anywhere. You'd have to lift a copy of the template files from a higher edition of VS.NET.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
it's not downloadable from anywhere. You'd have to lift a copy of the template files from a higher edition of VS.NET.
After a bit of googling, that is the conclusion I pretty much came to :)
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
For someone who doesn't understand that the startup form also contains the app's message pump, it's a bit confusing.
Yep, but it would be a bad little learning exercise either :)
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hi, Can any one help with creating a splash screen for an vb.net 2005 application which after a specified interval diappears and the mdiparent form in shown. If someone help me it would be great help for me. Thanks
Hi, You can try OPACITY property of your form it might help u. Put this code in a loop:- Opacity = i/100.0;// decrease opacity Thread.Sleep(30); Regards, Sumit :mad: