>>>hi all
>>>
>>>how can i make in VFP 5.0 to take a form ( or a Bitmap?) that runs while the application start, you know, like when i star some program like word or excel etc.
>>>it appears a logo ina a form and still some secons while all the program start.
>>>
>>>are any way to make something like that in Vfp 5.0 ???
>>>
>>>thanks in advance!
>>
>>Take a look at the splash screen file in the download section.
>
>George,
>
>I don't know whether it was just me, but when I tried to use the splash screen it didn't seem to let the program load up in the background. i.e. it stopped the program loading for X seconds while the splash screen was displayed, then carried on.
>
>Any thoughts,
>
>Mike.

I took the old simplictic route.

DO FORM splash50.scx WITH ;
"Time Entry", ;
"\\pes-admin1\sys\app\foxpro\time50\images\paralogo.Bmp", ;
"Paragon Engineering", ;
"Alpha.0.0.01"

It seems to work fine. My application hides the main screen and I work from a top level form. I played with the splash form some and what I did was to add a timer to the form so that it disappears after 15 seconds. In my situation, I do some setup while the splash screen is active, activate my main form and start some processing. The Splash Screen disappears 3 to 8 seconds after the processing starts. The processing runs for about 20 seconds total before user input is required.

This works in my situation and I'm happy with it.