Marc,

You could have the second splash screen release the first one in its Activate event.

* Launcher
DO FORM My1stSplash NAME loSplash

...

Do AppStartup WITH loSplash

* AppStratup
LPARAMETERS poSplash
DO My2ndSplash WITH poSplash

* My2ndSplash Init event
LPARAMETERS poOldSplash
Thisform.oOldSplash = poOldSplash

* My2ndSplash Activate event
IF TYPE("Thisform.oOldSplash.Name") = "C"
   Thisform.oOldSplash.Release()
ENDIF