Splash Screen

[Chris]

Hi,

I'm following the instructions at the link below, which are also what MS
Access shows via Help, in order to create a Splash Screen from a bitmap.
It's just not happening. The link refers to possible problems with NT, but
doesn't say it won't plain work. What am I doing wrong? I'm using MS
Access 2002 SP3 on NT 4.0 SP6, front end .MDE with a backend database (I've
also tried this with my front end .MDB file). I've named the bitmap after
my front end .MDE, .MDB files, my back-end .MDB file, in all locations,
nothing. Tried a tiny icon-sized bitmap and a reasonably sized one. Didn't
get a thing.

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0029.htm

Chris

 

[Allen Browne]

This old technique is mostly useful for suppressing the standard Microsoft
Access splash screen. It tends to flash past too quickly to be of much use.

An alternative is to create a simple unbound form in Access, and nominate it
as your startup form under Tools | Startup. Use its Timer event to close
itself after 2 seconds and open your main form.