A question regarding implementing a splash screen

[Mark B]

Hi experts,

My program takes around 20 seconds to load. (VB 2008 on Vista & .Net 3.5)

Of course, during that time, it'd be nice to have a splash screen, but not
something boring.

What are my options for having (embedding) an animated startup?

Like, could I have a splash screen with a Flash animation in it? Shockwave?
Or can I only have a boring .GIF?

How can I "razz up" both my splash screen, and my "About" dialog?

Mark

 

[kimiraikkonen]

Hi experts,

My program takes around 20 seconds to load. (VB 2008 on Vista & .Net 3.5)

Of course, during that time, it'd be nice to have a splash screen, but not
something boring.

What are my options for having (embedding) an animated startup?

Like, could I have a splash screen with a Flash animation in it? Shockwave?
Or can I only have a boring .GIF?

How can I "razz up" both my splash screen, and my "About" dialog?

Mark

In VB 2005, Right click your project's name in solution explorer ->
"Add New Item" select "splash screen".
Like:
http://www.techotopia.com/images/5/5b/Visual_studio_add_new_item.jpg

For specifying a splash screen follow these:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bfkbc5a3(VS.80).aspx

The steps shouldn't be much different in VS 2008.

Hope this helps,

Onur Guzel