[Help]Splashscreen

[hopefordope]

in my app i added a splash screen

how can i make the splash screen popup before my form1 for about 5 sec then form1 pops up and the splash screen goes away???

[Invidus]

I don't think you can change how long it appears for.
But to add it before you program starts up, go to the Solution Explorer.
Then at the top, right click [your programs' name] and select properties.
Then under the "Application" Tab, find the SplashScreen option at the bottom. Then select your spashscreen from the Combo Box.

You're DONE!

[Jason]

Pretty simple to do really using a timer.

Firstly add a timer to the form let's say... Timer1 is it's name.

now add this to the splashscreen load sub.

    Private Sub SplashScreen1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

Timer1.Interval = 5000 'set this to how long you want it to be for
Timer1.Enabled = True

    End Sub

Then for the timer

       Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Form1.Show()
        Me.Hide()
    End Sub

And you're done!

Hoep that helped.

J-Deezy

[Samueldo]

I used this in InjectPlz on the Form Load sub:

Splash.Show()
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000) 'wait for how many ms
Splash.Close()

This works perfectly as the form doesn't show until all events in the Load sub are done.

[hopefordope]

ok so the interval is in milli seconds
ahahh its so hard to add a timer

[Invidus]

No it isn't >.<
Of course it's in milliseconds.
More useful for precise timing.

[Hassan]

Hmm...the best way is to change the default time for the splash screen:

To do this goto project settings > application tab > View Application Events as shown in the pic below:



Then add the following code to the startup sub-procedure:

 Dim seconds As Integer = 5 * 1000
            Application.MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime = seconds

Hope this helps !!