VB.NET 2005 Forms : How do I make a Splash Screen?
Q: What is a Splash Screen?
A: Splash screens are often used to display information to a user while an application is loading. Visual Basic provides a preconfigured Splash Screen form template that you can add to your Windows Application project, and a Splash Screen property in the Project Designer that allows you to specify a splash screen for your project.
Q: How do I create a "splash" Screen?
A: Visual Basic.NET 2005 includes a splash screen template, meaning, it is an already predesigned form, which we can use for this purpose.
To add a splash screen template, follow these steps :
- Select a project in Solution Explorer
- Select the Project menu
- Click Add New Item
- In the Add New Item dialog box, select the Splash Screen template
- Click Add. The template is added to your project.
Q: How do I specify a Splash Screen form, for my application?
A: To specify a splash screen, follow these steps :
- Select a project in Solution Explorer
- Select the Project menu
- Click Properties.
- Click the Application tab.
- Under Windows application framework properties, in the Splash screen: list, click the form that you want to use as a splash screen.
