Load Animated Image while form loading

psantos_ao · January 14th, 2010, 06:27 PM

Hello,

I have an application that connect to a database... and this process take a few minutes... and need to show an animated image or a message like "loading...." while the mainform is loading and connecting to the database

thanks
rgds
PS

Waterharbin · August 26th, 2010, 01:57 AM

Hello
You can add an splash form.In vb6.0,It's called "frmSplash",and in VB2008, It's called "SplashScreen".You may need the code below to show your splash form(default name is SplashScreen1).

Code:

        Dim delayTime As Double
        Dim counter As Double
        Call SplashScreen1.Show()
        delayTime = VB.Timer()
        Do
            counter = VB.Timer() - delayTime
            System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents()
        Loop While (counter < 4)
        Call SplashScreen1.Close()

The red number(4) is the time how long you splash form will last, you can change it at you will.
You can edit the information on the splash form to show what ever you want to show.

blogradio · September 26th, 2011, 01:01 PM

Hello,

I have an application that connect to a database... and this process take a few minutes... and need to show an animated image or a message like "loading...." while the mainform is loading and connecting to the database

thanks