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Splash Screen in Dialog-Based Visual C++ Application

Reference MS Knowledge Base Article ID: Q190684
"HOWTO: Insert a Splash Screen into a Dialog-Based Application"

"The Visual Component Gallery allows one to insert a variety of standard components into applications. Using the gallery, one can easily insert a splash screen into MFC SDI and MDI applications. However, the Visual C++ Component Gallery does not allow insertion of a splash screen into a dialog-based application."

The above MS Knowledge Base article explains how to do it but it doesn't work. The created dialog-based application compiles but does not display the splash screen. HOW DO I DO IT?
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IF cwrea IS CORRECT, I AM INCORRECTLY COMPLETING STEP 6 OF THE MS KNOWLEDGE BASE INSTRUCTIONS. WHEN I CHECK EXECUTION IN THE DEBUGGER, CSplashWnd::ShowSplashScreen(this) fails. I imported a bitmap resource and renamed it IDB_SPLASH as instructed but the application doesn't seem to find it.

TO RECAP: I AM RUNNING VISUAL C++ 6.0. THE TEST DIALOG-BASED APPLICATION COMPILES WITHOUT ERROR BUT DOES NOT DISPLAY THE SPLASH WINDOW. ONLY THE APPLICATION DIALOG BOX WITH CANCEL & OK BUTTONS APPEARS. ANY CHANCE I COULD GET AN EMAIL COPY OF THE A RUNNING EXAMPLE. EMAIL:lphull@anteon.com. Thanks -- Larry

ekc

Create a SDI application and generate splash screen component in it, the way it is normaly done.
Then copy the generated files "splash.h" and "splash.cpp", to your dialog-based project and do the following modifications to it.

1. Add the

#include "splash.h"

on the tp of your dialog CPP file.

2. Add the following lines of code at the end of your OnInitDialog() function:

CSplashWnd::EnableSplashScreen(TRUE);

CSplashWnd::ShowSplashScreen(this);

3. Don't forget to add the BMP file (your splash screen visual interpretation) to the project via resource editor. Set its name to IDB_SPLASH (the name generated by wizard. You can change it, but then check this in the splash code)

4. Compile the project and enjoy your new splash. :)

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Thanks for guidance on adding a splash screen to a dialog-based Visual C++ application. I finally got it running after a complete rebuild.