>>How does one create a nice looking splash screen to display during the span of time between the user clicking on the program's icon and the program actually being up and ready to run on the user's computer? Thanks in advance, CH.
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>there is an example of a splash screen in the files section of Univ Thread.
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>But you can always:
>1. create a form with your artwork in it
>2. set the controlBox property to false (which also takes away min & max Buttons)
>3. set the form as main (which starts it up first)
>4. put a button for the user to click to bring up your app.
> or put a timer on the form.
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> Also, don't forget to disable the main VFP window with SCREEN=OFF in your config.fpw file.
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> Hope this helps
> Sergio

Thanks for the help. I haven't used a timer before ... is there a Valid Event into which I will want to put the DO FORM statement to start the next form when the splash screen disappears?

Thanks, CH