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I want to have a loading form showing up while the main app connects to db and fetching initial data. Because this can take up 5-10 secs I want to inform the user that something is happening.
This is what I have come up with:
frmStart _frmStart = new frmStart();
Thread t = new Thread(() => _frmStart.ShowDialog());
t.Start();
objDAL = new DBManager();
objDAL.conSTR = Properties.Settings.Default.conDEFAULT;
PrepareForm();
t.Abort();
Is this the best way?
If you are using WinForms you may want to take a look at this A Pretty Good Splash Screen in C#. If you are using WPF you could take a look at this Implement Splash Screen with WPF.