Question

i would like to pause and show my splash screen for few moments when the program loads.

How can i do it in vb.net winforms…

Answer 1

Quick and dirty solution:

1. Show the splash screen form.
2. Use Thread.Sleep (note that no UI updates will be done during that time, so if your user clicks somewhere, your splash screen might look ugly).
3. Close the splash screen form.

Nice solution:

1. Show the splash screen form (without UI elements that the user can use to close the form).
2. Use a timer control in the form to timeout the “few moments”.
3. Close the splash screen form when the timer expires.

User-friendly solution:

1. Show the splash screen form.
2. Have your program do some useful work.
3. Close the splash screen form.

Note that splash screens usually serve a purpose: They entertain the user while some work is being done by the program. If your program does not need to do initial work, the splash screen is just annoying because it wastes the user’s time.