VB - A splash form with a bouncing sprite

[MartinLiss]

A spite is a transparent icon and the attached project contains a customizable splash form that contains a sprite that bounces off the walls of the form.

[CVMichael]

I get a runtime error when I run your code: Runtime Error 53: File not found: "STKIT432.DLL"

[MartinLiss]

I've updated the zip file in the first post. You'll need to place the dll in your system folder.

[CVMichael]

I've downloaded sprite.zip again, but there's no DLL inside...

[MartinLiss]

Sorry about that. Try it now. I just replaced it again and I made sure the dll was there.

[_Vb_N00bie_]

Same here but I went to another site to downlaod it and I put it in my system32 folder and the folder of the source code and still get the same error as him? ANy ideas why? Thanks :)

[CVMichael]

Now I'm starting to wander if there is something wrong with my computer cuz it looks the same (the zip contents I mean).

I still don't see a DLL in the zip...

[MartinLiss]

Here is the dll by itself

[CVMichael]

OK, now I got the DLL, but don't have time to test it, have to go to school :)

[MartinLiss]

OK, I changed the code so that that dll is not needed at all. Dowload sprite2.zip out of the first post.

[BrandonTurner]

how do you get the pointer to be the defualt cursor, when i run mine it has the hourglass there at all times. Is it possible to fix that?

[MartinLiss]

The form's MousePointer property is set to be the HourGlass. Change it to whatever you want, but I would think you'd want the hourglass if you are using this form as a splash form.

[morrowasted]

if i set the sprite speed very fast, the program closes:confused:

[MartinLiss]

Can you post a simple project where it does that?

[morrowasted]

all i did was edit the variables where it says "decrease these to lower the sprite speed" to 30 and 40, and after a few seconds the program crashed.

i was just editing your program, it wasn't in my own.

[MartinLiss]

I'd still like to see a project.

[rjbudz]

What a fun app. Good demo for moving sprites around, and edge detection. Looks like just the thing fledgling game programmers might enjoy.

[MartinLiss]

Thanks, I actually stripped that out of a fairly large business app that I wrote a long time ago for Rolm Systems. Rolm sold telephone switching equipment and software (they originated Press 1 for...), hence the phone sprite.