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.