Vista - Splash screen

Does anyone have a good example in how to implement a splashscreen in a WPF
application?

I have been looking at the DispatcherTimer but I'm not shure in how to do an
implementation, so all recommendations/ideas are welcome!

Thanx in advance

Well I guess I need to fill in some more information to have some answers
here:-)

In the post at
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...72330&SiteID=1 (Post
no. 4),
Jason Brittsan from MSFT has this sample to show a splash screen until the
app is ready:

void WindowLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
{
DispatcherTimer dt = new
DispatcherTimer(DispatcherPriority.Normal);
dt.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 5);
dt.Tick += new EventHandler(dt_Tick);
dt.Start();
}

void dt_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Close();
}

To me it look like the dt_Tick event will be triggered after 5 seconds,
meaning that the window (this) will be closed! Have I missed something here
or what?

Regards




"MV" wrote:

> Does anyone have a good example in how to implement a splashscreen in a WPF
> application?
>
> I have been looking at the DispatcherTimer but I'm not shure in how to do an
> implementation, so all recommendations/ideas are welcome!
>
> Thanx in advance
>
>

In article <55C5A255-FE32-4D48-8DCE-DD37DE62B087@microsoft.com>,
MV@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Well I guess I need to fill in some more information to have some answers
> here:-)
>
> In the post at
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...72330&SiteID=1 (Post
> no. 4),
> Jason Brittsan from MSFT has this sample to show a splash screen until the
> app is ready:
>
> void WindowLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
> {
> DispatcherTimer dt = new
> DispatcherTimer(DispatcherPriority.Normal);
> dt.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 5);
> dt.Tick += new EventHandler(dt_Tick);
> dt.Start();
> }
>
> void dt_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
> this.Close();
> }
>
> To me it look like the dt_Tick event will be triggered after 5 seconds,
> meaning that the window (this) will be closed! Have I missed something here
> or what?
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>
> "MV" wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a good example in how to implement a splashscreen in a WPF
> > application?
> >
> > I have been looking at the DispatcherTimer but I'm not shure in how to do an
> > implementation, so all recommendations/ideas are welcome!
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> >
> >
>

the 'this' you are asking about will refer to the object that the event
handler has been registered with... If you place the line:

this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(WindowLoaded);

in the ctor of the main Window then yes, it will close the App, but if
you created/showed a new Window in the main Widow's ctor - the spalsh
window - and then in ITS ctor registered the Loaded event handler then
that spalsh window will be closed when the timer fires.