>>So my question is, how do I solve this problem. What is the best possible place to activate a splash screen ? In a program, form? What is the best way to activate the splash screen. >I've used splash screens some. I call the splash screen from the startup program. I have a plain form with some text boxes and bmp files. I hide and release the splash form from the startup program just before I start my main form. I use a timer on my splash screen, so that it goes away after 5 seconds. I call my main program in the destroy() event of the splash screen. clayton