i dont want to see a blank screen

I am not a VB Programmer by occupation so please bear with me,

I have written a database program to help organise my calibration data at work. The problem is that i have quite a few image files stored in the database and so when i click to run the program, there is a pause of about 5 to 8 seconds, before the program actually loads.

Rather than seeing a blank screen for 8 seconds, is it possible to have something like a form with a progress bar on it, that comes up instead.(until my main form loads ), and what would be the code to make progress bar work.

Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated. I feel that this would make my program look just that bit more 'professional'.


sparkash

Another form is the perfect answer - unfortunately the progressbar is not the way to go (it isn't possible to work out how long a form will take to load).

Just have a simple screen which has a message on it ("Loading Program..." or something similar)


Make this new form the startup form, and put this code into form load:

VB Code:

Me.Show
Form1.Show   'replace Form1 with the name of your form

Thanks mate

good old splash screens :)