vb.net 2008 - turning splash screeen on and off

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My current application has a splash screen. I also have a user preference for turning it on or off. But I cannot figure out where to put code that handles the on or off feature. I tried putting it in the application events OnStartup but that didn't work. the preference variable is set as expected but when I did this it didn't do anything. The splash screen still ran:

VB

LoadUserPrefs()
If UserPrefs.ShowSplashOnStartup Then
    Application.SplashScreen = frmAbout
    Me.MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime = 4000
Else
    Application.SplashScreen = Nothing
End If

I also tried the above code in "Protected Overrides Function OnInitialize" in application events.

Neither of the above had any effect on whether or not the splash screen runs.

How is this sort of thing handled?

TIA for your help.

Posted 10-Apr-11 3:29am

avianrand

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Nish Nishant 10-Apr-11 10:37am

Does the If-block evaluate as expected? Perhaps ShowSplashOnStartup is always true.

And do you set Application.SplashScreen elsewhere?

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-04-10T04:49:00

Solution 1

Have a look at this[^] article - this is VS2005 but it should help you out. You could try controlling your startup form through design time properties itself.

Posted 10-Apr-11 4:49am

Abhinav S

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avianrand · Answer 2 · 2011-04-10T05:05:00

Solution 2

All it took was un-setting the splash screen in the application settings screen in development. That must have been overriding my code above.

Posted 10-Apr-11 5:05am

avianrand