>>Dear MM-users,
>>The splash screen appears very shortly on the screen at the start of the application .
>>Who knows, how MM splash screen can be 'forced' to stay longer open on the desktop?
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>You could create a bitmap or other image that looks like the splash screen (or capture it using a screen capture program). Then, place that image on the screen:
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>_Screen.Picture = MyImage
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>I don't use MM, but there may be an application object property like "WallPaper" that might make doing this easier.

Thank you Al for reply,

I do not like to have the bitmap on the screen all the time. An I used WAIT TIMEOUT command to prolong the splash screen appeareance, however the message 'Press any key to continue... ' must go out, may be with empty message?.

Juozas