Help with splash screen

[PlaGuE]

I am kind of new to .NET and well i was trying to figure out how to make a splash screen...

So far i have teh splash screen ready and all that but i cant seem to figure out how to have a timer in it so that lets say after 10 seconds it loads to a new form like this:

Splash.vb>(Wait 10 seconds)Main.vb


Any help would be appericiated

I searched the forums and found topics... but it didnt seem to have wut im looking for.

[taxes]

Hi,

In the Activated event of the splash form put

Threading.Thread.Sleep(10000)
Me.Close

To make this work properly, assuming your designed forms are named fclsSplash and fclsMain, use a Module and make the Sub main your startup object. In athe Module put

Dim frmSplash as fclsSplash
Friend frmMain as fclsmain
 
 
Public Sub Main()
   frmSplash = New fclsSplash
   frmSplash.ShowDialog
   frmMain = New fclsMain
   Application.Run(frmmain)
End Sub

PS. Welcome to the forum. You have the right attitude if you searched for your question before posting

[PlaGuE]

thanks and ill try that

[PlaGuE]

like i stated im new to .NET i still dont understand all this.
I appericiate any and all help.

how do i use sub main form? I have an idea too it but i could be wrong.

i get no errors... but the splash screen wont show...but the main app does.

[<ABX]

What Taxes wanted you to do is create a module and set it as the startup object.

Add a Module to your project.
-Right Click the Project In Solution Explorer
-Select Add > Add Module...
-Name It, eg "Main",

Change the Startup Object
-Right Click the Project In Solution Explorer
-Select Propertys
-Change the Startup object Listbox to "Sub Main"

Now copy any paste Taxes code into the Module.

Now it should work fine.

[PlaGuE]

i thought that much and did that...


heres my forms
splash.vb

Private Sub splash_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Threading.Thread.Sleep(10000)
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

smain.vb(module)

Module smain
    Dim frmSplash As splash
    Friend frmMain As main
    Public Sub Main()
        frmSplash = New splash
        frmSplash.ShowDialog()
        frmMain = New main
        Application.Run(frmmain)
    End Sub
 
End Module

and its set for sub main... it just blinks the image then goes to my main form.
I've been at this for hours...lol...

[PlaGuE]

sigtest

[<ABX]

lol @ sig

Remove the code you put in the Splash Form's Form_Load Event and add this:

Private Sub Splash_Activated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Activated
        Application.DoEvents()
        Threading.Thread.Sleep(10000)
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

That should fix it :P

btw: Trigun Fan ?

[PlaGuE]

thanks ... yes that did fix it... not really that big of a trigun fan ...catch it here and there. Im more of a DB/Z/GT, Gundam fan