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The best thing to do is to have a splash screen it gives the user something to look at when the program is loading, but you don't want to annoy them by forcing them to dismiss it. There's an example at <a href="http://www.biztool.com/magazines/java/archives/0510/Andrews/" rel="ugc">http://www.biztool.com/magazines/java/archives/0510/Andrews/</a>&nbsp;
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The best thing to do is to have a splash screen it gives the user something to look at when the program is loading, but you don't want to annoy them by forcing them to dismiss it. There's an example at http://www.biztool.com/magazines/java/archives/0510/Andrews/ [http://www.biztool.com/magazines/java/archives/0510/Andrews/] 

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Also, I would include an option to skip the splash screen on startup<br />

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Also, I would include an option to skip the splash screen on startup


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Easiest would be to just popup a dialog:<br />
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JOPtionPane.showMessageDia<wbr />log(null, &quot;About XYZ&quot;);<br />

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Easiest would be to just popup a dialog:

JOPtionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "About XYZ");


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popup was my idea ;)<br />

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He could be accepting my earlier answer in effect (?)
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He could be accepting my earlier answer in effect (?)

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Sorry objects, I was accepting the splashscreen idea!
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Sorry objects, I was accepting the splashscreen idea!

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No worries, thanks for the clarification :)<br />

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No worries, thanks for the clarification :)


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I have a simple Jave Application. &nbsp; &nbsp;What is the easiest way to have an &quot;About&quot; box open up when the program starts, where the user can see information about the programme, click on okay, and continue with the programme?<br />
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I have a simple Jave Application.    What is the easiest way to have an "About" box open up when the program starts, where the user can see information about the programme, click on okay, and continue with the programme?



About Box

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.