SAMPLE: 256 Color (Or More) Splash Screens For Applications
ID: Q186459
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
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Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
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Microsoft Windows 2000
SUMMARY
Splash.exe is a sample application that demonstrates:
- How to display a splash screen for an application.
- How to load resource bitmaps without losing color information.
MORE INFORMATION
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft
Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:
Splash.exe
For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft
Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web
address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp
and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.
The following files are a part of the Splash.exe:
- Splash.c: Contains all of the functions relating to creating and
displaying a splash bitmap.
- Splash.rc: Contains the resource for the sample including references to
the bitmap that is displayed.
Splash.exe provides a simple way to display a splash screen for any
application without modifying the sources for that application. You can
avoid modifying the sources for the application because the user starts the
Splash application, while the Splash application displays the splash bitmap
and starts the real application.
Splash.exe is configured to launch Notepad.exe while displaying the Windows
NT logo bitmap for five seconds. To customize Splash with your own bitmaps,
simply change the bitmap corresponding to IDB_BITMAP in the resources for
the SPLASH project. You can further customize the sample by changing the
following values in Splash.c:
- lpszApplication: Determines the name of the application that the splash
screen application starts. It defaults to Notepad.exe for demonstration
purposes.
- bMakeSplashTopmost: Determines whether or not the splash screen is
displayed (and kept) in front of other windows until it is canceled or
times out.
- dwSplashDuration: Determines how long (in milliseconds) the splash
screen is displayed. Note that the user can cancel the splash screen by
clicking on it or pressing a key while it is active.
Additional query words:
kbDSupport kbGDI kbBitmap kbDevContext kbDisplay kbdsd
Keywords : kbfile kbsample kbWinOS2000
Version : WINDOWS:95; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
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