How to Create and Display a Splash Screen in a Windows Forms Application?

Create a splash screen in a Windows Forms application

Question:

How do I display the splash screen for a few seconds when my Windows Forms application starts?

Solution:

1. Design startup screen

• Create a borderless, non-movable form with the desired image centered on it.
• Set the form's ControlBox, MaximizeBox, MinimizeBox, and ShowIcon properties to False.
• Set StartPosition to CenterScreen.
• Set FormBorderStyle to None.
• Set the form's MinimumSize and MaximumSize to its initial size.

2. Display and close the splash screen

• In the application's main() method, or in the main form's Load event handler:

  • Create an instance of the splash screen form.
  • Call the Show() method on the splash screen form.
  • Keep a reference to the splash screen form during initialization of the application.

• After the main form is loaded, call the Close() method on the splash screen form.

Advanced Consideration:

If the splash screen will display animated images:

• Set the window's DoubleBuffered property to True.
• Make sure all initialization logic is executed outside the GUI thread (e.g. using a BackgroundWorker or other threading mechanism).

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