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Question and Answer Database FAQ533C.txt Showing a splash screen at startup Category :VCL Platform :All Product :C++Builder 1.x Question: Where is the best place to open a splash screen on program start up? Answer: The best place to open a splash screen is in the project source file after initializing the Application object and before running the Application object. This is accomplished by creating a "splash" form on the fly and then displaying it before the main loop of the app is entered. Just before calling Application->Run(), we hide and delete the splash form. //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include #pragma hdrstop //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- USEFORM("Unit1.cpp", Form1); USERES("Project1.res"); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Be sure to include the header for the splash form. // This splash form is called TSplashForm. #include "Splash.h" //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int) { Application->Initialize(); SplashForm = new TSplashForm(Application); SplashForm->Show(); SplashForm->Update(); Application->CreateForm(__classid(TForm1), &Form1); SplashForm->Hide(); delete SplashForm; Application->Run(); return 0; } 7/2/98 10:32:32 AM
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