Visual Studio VB Form Application Splash Screen not working as intended.

Question

Hi,

I am using the Visual Studio community:

I have a form application and Form1 is used as the "Startup Form" and "New Splash Screen is used as a "Splash Screen"

Problem: The Flash Screen form didn't load as it should be.

If I start the application with "NewSplashScreen" form, it works fine as intended but not when used as Splash Screen.

Any thoughts? I have the latest version of Visual Studio, so it should not be related to some updates etc.
For example, see below, if I change the settings, the NewFlashScreen works as it should be.

Answer 1

Hi @~OSD~ ,

Please check the Application.Designer.vb file to see if OnCreateSplashScreen() exists.

Try to set the Me.MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime to a larger value to see if it helps.

        Protected Overrides Sub OnCreateSplashScreen()
            Me.MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime = 3000
            Me.SplashScreen = Global.WindowsApp20.SplashScreen1
        End Sub

Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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Answer 2

After adding a splashscreen form to a project I set the minimum display time for the splash screen to 5 seconds as shown below. At first I tried to override the OnInitialize Function in the Application events but the compiler emitted error BC30260. So I made the change as shown in the image below. Then the splash screen was displayed as expected before the main form.

And the results -