Help with splash screen

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.

Hi,

In the Activated event of the splash form put

VB Code:

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

VB Code:

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 :thumb:

thanks and ill try that

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.

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.

i thought that much and did that...


heres my forms
splash.vb

VB Code:

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)

VB Code:

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...

sigtest

lol @ sig :D

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

VB Code:

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 ?

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