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MikeDelvotti
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Splash Screen Closing problem

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It may not be the best way to do this, but i'm trying to use a splash screen to delay form1 loading whilst things go on in the background, i.e all the network drives get mapped and so on.

I'm using a form called "Splash" that gets fired up first then a timer tick event to launch "Form1" the problem is, when i use 

this.Hide();
in the timer event the form keeps opening Form1 over and over again, but is i use 
this.Close();
it closes the whole application down? is there a better way i can do it?

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If I were you I'd leave Form1 as your start up form i.e. in the Main() method in program.cs you need:

Application.Run(new Form1());


Then I'd show the splash form from the Form1_Load eventhandler:
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Splash splash = new Splash();    
    splash.ShowDialog();
}

You can then call Close() on your Splash form at the appropriate time without closing the whole application as it will no longer be the start up form.

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MikeDelvotti
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My problem is that form1 loads data into a datagrid from remote data base, The application is launched from the start up menu so i really wanted to delay the form1 from loading giving all the network connections time to establish ensuring no errors are thrown if the application can't find the databases - i suppose i could place another form in front of form1 that then fires the splash screen?

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foamy
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To enable form1 to continue loading while the splash screen is visible, use Show in stead of ShowDialog in vulpes' example

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MikeDelvotti
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Thanks guys - i've got working to do the job.

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