Splash Screen

[John]

Can anybody tell me how I can make the splash screen stay up longer then the
brief few micro seconds it does now.
Any code required for this? Can I select the number of seconds for the
screen to stay up.

thanks

[Br]

In news:42******** *************** @news.optusnet. com.au,
John <g4****@hotmail .com> said:

Can anybody tell me how I can make the splash screen stay up longer
then the brief few micro seconds it does now.
Any code required for this? Can I select the number of seconds for
the screen to stay up.

thanks

Do you mean the Access startup splash screen? You can turn it on/off but
that is it.

Begs the question, WHY? :)
--
regards,

Bradley

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[Jeff Conrad]

"John" wrote in message:
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Can anybody tell me how I can make the splash screen stay up longer then the
brief few micro seconds it does now.
Any code required for this? Can I select the number of seconds for the
screen to stay up.

Hi John,

You must be following the technique outlined here:

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0029.htm

This bitmap will only display for a very brief time as you have noticed.
What you need to do is to create a "Splash Form" (not bitmap) that
has all the information you wish to display when the application first
starts. Using the Form's Timer event *you* control exactly how long
it will be displayed.

A picture is worth a thousand words so how about a nice visual walk-
through guide on how to set this up? See here:

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...ashscreen.html

Now for the *best* looking application load, use *both* a bitmap
and the splash screen form. Change the bitmap to be like 1 pixel
by 1 pixel in dimensions with maybe just plain white. Save it with
the same name as the database (with .bmp extension) and place in
the same folder. The result of this will be that you will NOT see
the Access splash screen AND your custom splash screen form
will display for whatever time frame you specify.

Hope that helps,
--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon

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[Trevor Best]

Br@dley wrote:

In news:42******** *************** @news.optusnet. com.au,
John <g4****@hotmail .com> said:

Can anybody tell me how I can make the splash screen stay up longer
then the brief few micro seconds it does now.
Any code required for this? Can I select the number of seconds for
the screen to stay up.

thanks

Do you mean the Access startup splash screen? You can turn it on/off but
that is it.

Begs the question, WHY? :)

Because you can use your own splash screen.

[Br]

In news:42******** **************@ news.zen.co.uk,
Trevor Best <no****@besty.o rg.uk> said:

Br@dley wrote:

In news:42******** *************** @news.optusnet. com.au,
John <g4****@hotmail .com> said:

Can anybody tell me how I can make the splash screen stay up longer
then the brief few micro seconds it does now.
Any code required for this? Can I select the number of seconds for
the screen to stay up.

thanks

Do you mean the Access startup splash screen? You can turn it on/off
but that is it.

Begs the question, WHY? :)

Because you can use your own splash screen.

I know:) I didn't think he was talking about creating his own form that
mimmicks a splash screen.... but altering the Access one (which you
can't AFAIK).
--
regards,

Bradley

A Christian Response
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[Trevor Best]

Br@dley wrote:

Do you mean the Access startup splash screen? You can turn it on/off
but that is it.

Begs the question, WHY? :)

Because you can use your own splash screen.

I know:) I didn't think he was talking about creating his own form that
mimmicks a splash screen.... but altering the Access one (which you
can't AFAIK).

Create a BMP file with the same base name as the MDB file, e.g.

MyDb.MDB & MyDb.BMP then doubleclick the mdb file and it will display
the bitmap instead of the Access splash. Some thought has to go into it
as Access will still overlay its copyright message onto your bitmap.

[Br]

In news:42******** **************@ news.zen.co.uk,
Trevor Best <no****@besty.o rg.uk> said:

Br@dley wrote:

Do you mean the Access startup splash screen? You can turn it
on/off but that is it.

Begs the question, WHY? :)

Because you can use your own splash screen.

I know:) I didn't think he was talking about creating his own form
that mimmicks a splash screen.... but altering the Access one (which
you can't AFAIK).

Create a BMP file with the same base name as the MDB file, e.g.

MyDb.MDB & MyDb.BMP then doubleclick the mdb file and it will display
the bitmap instead of the Access splash. Some thought has to go into
it as Access will still overlay its copyright message onto your
bitmap.

Ah yes I remember, I had heard of that one before but never found a use
for it (opting instead for the popup form solution).
--
regards,

Bradley

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[Trevor Best]

Br@dley wrote:

Create a BMP file with the same base name as the MDB file, e.g.

MyDb.MDB & MyDb.BMP then doubleclick the mdb file and it will display
the bitmap instead of the Access splash. Some thought has to go into
it as Access will still overlay its copyright message onto your
bitmap.

Ah yes I remember, I had heard of that one before but never found a use
for it (opting instead for the popup form solution).

It's a funny thing, the Access splash screen hangs around for seemingly
ages then when you create your own, it disappears quicker than my boss
on pay day.