Hey Matt,

>How would one go about creating a splash screen while the application is loading up?

A simple way to create a splash screen is to place a timer on the form, set it's Interval property to say 3000 and place a THISFORM.RELEASE() in the Timer event of the timer control. You'll also want to set a number of properties like Closable, Controlbox to .F. You'll also want to set AutoCenter to .T.

hth,