ShowDialog in Splash Form

[[gja]]

Hello There,

i have form1 and form splash..i used the splash as processing indicator i place gif in the splash form...and in form1 i call the splash in separate thread..

like this..

  Dim splashthread As Thread = New Thread(New ThreadStart(AddressOf SplashScreen.ShowSplashScreen))
        splashthread.IsBackground = True
        splashthread.Start()

SplashScreen is another class and had a shared sub ShowSplashScreen()

here:

Public Shared Sub ShowSplashScreen()
            If sf Is Nothing Then
                sf = New SplashForm
                sf.ShowSplashScreen()
            End If
        End Sub

ShowSplashScreen() Method is the actual splash Form class

here it is.

Public Sub ShowSplashScreen()
        If InvokeRequired Then
            ' We're not in the UI thread, so we need to call BeginInvoke
            BeginInvoke(New SplashShowCloseDelegate(AddressOf ShowSplashScreen))
            Return
        End If
        Me.ShowDialog()
        Application.Run(Me)
    End Sub

now,my problem is when form1 is loaded and click button process in it..the splash form will not display modally...is it because i called the splash in separate thread?..

please give some advice on this..thank you..