Splash screen without Application.Run() possible?

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Hi

I want to add a splash screen to my application and searching this newsgroup
I found the following article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/casoast.asp
helpful. The splash code requires calling Application.Run() to allow the main
form to continue working. But as my application can start with command line
arguments which requires the following code:

Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
Application.Run(new frmMain)
…
End Sub

and since .NET CF cannot do more than one Application.Run I’m stuck… anyone
know a workaround?

Thanks

Gavin
 
You must have an Application.Run call, but I have no idea why you're
confused. Save the command line parameters or pass them to the form before
calling Run.

-Chris
 
Yes I’m confused as I cannot figure how to create splash screen (form) and
show it on a thread allowing the main form to continue initializing. Below is
a sample code. Most of the code is from the MSDN splash sample except for
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) which my application needs…
as from my original post, .NET CF cannot do more than one Application.Run.

Public NotInheritable Class frmMain
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String)
If cmdArgs.Length > 0 Then
‘Store cmdArgs ...
End If

Application.Run(New frmMain())
End Sub

Public Sub New()
Dim splashThread As Threading.Thread = New Threading.Thread(New
Threading.ThreadStart(AddressOf StartSplash))
splashThread.Start()

‘Continue initializeing form
End Sub

Private Sub StartSplash()
splashDialog = New frmSplash
Application.Run(splashDialog)
End Sub

‘Rest of code...
End Class
 
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