Transparent Splash Screen in VB.NET

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I want to create a transparent splash screen as in Photoshop. I have created an image in Photoshop with a transparent background and stored it in PNG format. What do I do next? Thank you.

Posted 28-Oct-10 4:17am

abhijeetgupta1988

Updated 28-Oct-10 4:23am

Nish Nishant

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SIFNOk · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-04T08:14:00

Solution 5

Try This Link Here, Extremely Goood Example to uses PNG style splash screen ( alot like Photoshop splash screeen)

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=4518&lngWId=10[^]

Posted 4-Jun-11 8:14am

SIFNOk

Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28T04:22:00

Solution 1

See http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog/SplashScreen.aspx[^]

Posted 28-Oct-10 4:22am

Nish Nishant

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Sandeep Mewara 28-Oct-10 12:49pm

Comment from OP:
Thanx Nishant ,For replying.
i reffered that project .but when i used my image ,it was transparent at the begining,after minimizing the other windows , the splash has retained the parts of the minimized windows around the transparent parts..

Anthony Mushrow · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28T04:30:00

Did you try searching for an article or anything on showing a splash screen? Because if you did you would have found quite a few. You would also likely have found out about Layered Windows which would allows you to use your PNG with it's alpha channel as the picture for your splash screen.

Overall it would have been a grand learning experience. Still, I'll at least get you started eh? As I've typed this much already.

To show a splash screen you just need to show a window with a picture on it, to have it blend with the desktop in 32bit goodness you need to use the WS_LAYEREDWINDOW style. An excellent example of both of these things can be found in this article:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/perpxalpha_sharp.aspx?msg=853306[^]

I know the code is in C# but really it's only a little bit of code and it shouldn't be too difficult to understand.