A SplashScreen can be added by clicking on Project ---> Add Windows Form ---> then selecting Splash Screen from the templates. The SplashScreen must be configured within the properties of the application. To get to the properties, click Project ---> “The Application’s Name” Properties. Make sure the Application Tab is clicked on and click Assembly Information. Make the changes in Assembly Information and the SplashScreen will update automatically.
To activate the SplashScreen go to the Application Tab within Properties and select the SplashScreen under Splash screen.
To change how long the SplashScreen is shown click on View Application Events within the Application Tab of the Properties. ApplicationEvents.vb will appear.
Place this code, in the friend class, to override the SplashScreen timing. blogs.msdn.com/b/tyler_whitney/archive/2006/02/01/522291.aspx
SpeakABCs Tutorial
Tutorial 18 - Form Setup and KeyPresses
Tutorial 19 - RadioButtons adn ASCII Values
Tutorial 20 - Changing Background and Font Color With the Color Dialog
Tutorial 21 - Playing Sound Files
Tutorial 22 - Adding a Menu
Tutorial 23 - Inserting a SplashScreen
Tutorial 24 - Adding an AboutBox
Tutorial 25 - Formatting Text and a TextBox to Make a HelpBox
Tutorial 26 - Adding an Icon
Tutorial 27 - Wrapping Up the Application
You are more than welcome to take the code and do what you please with it - minus the girl’s wav files (please make your own). The compiled SpeakABCs applications, on the download page, must not be distributed or modified. The compiled SpeakABCs applications are a little different than the one shown in these tutorials.
The SpeakABCs applications on the download page, were built with XOJO (RealBasic). XOJO (RealBasic) is considered to be somewhat of a Visual Basic for Mac.
For more information on XOJO (RealBasic) see www.xojo.com
SpeakABCs Downloads (Please do not distribute the Girl’s Voice Wavs. Please Make your own Wavs)
SpeakABCsCode.zip
WAV_Folder.zip
ABC_icons.zip
The current version of Visual Basic can be downloaded for free at Microsoft's Website