How many developers are using a splash screen for their applications ? Shouldn't this be a straightforward task even for beginners ? NI should provide an easier way to implement this technique.
On the splash screen we have a nice product logo and a tiny string indicater where you can see which modules are loading.
The About has a lot of aditional information which is not availabale when starting the application. We have manufactorer information, version information of each loaded module which you can save as a file.
Our Splash screen is the toplevelVI of the app. This VI will load and start a general loader VI which implements a Factory design pattern. Additional it waits for incoming messages on a named queue for displaying strings in its indicator, hidding itself or exiting.
Creating such a pattern is a one time task. We such need to change the picture on the front panel of the splash screen. I think this could be integrated in the templates used by the File >> New... dialog.
Waldemar
Using 7.1.1, 8.5.1, 8.6.1, 2009 on XP and RT Don't forget to give Kudos to good answers and/or questions
