Comments on: Splash Screens in Windows Forms http://averyblog.com/net/splash-screens-in-windows-forms/ This is not the greatest tagline in the world... this is just a tribute. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam Vandenberg http://averyblog.com/net/splash-screens-in-windows-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 Adam Vandenberg Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:16:49 +0000 http://averyblog.infozerk.net/?p=591#comment-2044 <p>Unfortunately, when I need to show a splash screen it usually needs to be updatable ("Loading...", "Initializing...", "Getting Ready...") which means doing work in a separate thread and making sure that the splash screen UI is updated in a thread-safe manner, etc.<br /><br />I guess if all you need to do is show a graphic then Eric's method is fine. (Though I do like it when programs that do that have a "stop showing splash screen" options; I don't need a graphic pegged in the middle of the screen the 7th time I launch an app.)</p> Unfortunately, when I need to show a splash screen it usually needs to be updatable (”Loading…”, “Initializing…”, “Getting Ready…”) which means doing work in a separate thread and making sure that the splash screen UI is updated in a thread-safe manner, etc.

I guess if all you need to do is show a graphic then Eric’s method is fine. (Though I do like it when programs that do that have a “stop showing splash screen” options; I don’t need a graphic pegged in the middle of the screen the 7th time I launch an app.)

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