Splash form

Johan Friskop

CBuilder Developer

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 03:00:00 GMT

Splash form

I am trying to build a splash form into my application, and have found
the below example. However, I get a "Linker error: Unresolved
external....." when I try the example. What could be the mistake? All
help is appreciated!

/johan friskopp

FAQ533C.txt Showing a splash screen at startup
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 1.x

Question:
Where is the best place to open a splash screen on program
start up?

Answer:

The best place to open a splash screen is in the project
source file after initializing the Application object and
before running the Application object.
This is accomplished by creating a "splash" form on the fly
and then displaying it before the main loop of the app is
entered. Just before calling Application->Run(), we hide
and delete the splash form.

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include
#pragma hdrstop
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

USEFORM("Unit1.cpp", Form1);
USERES("Project1.res");
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Be sure to include the header for the splash form.
// This splash form is called TSplashForm.
#include "Splash.h"
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
{
Application->Initialize();

SplashForm = new TSplashForm(Application);
SplashForm->Show();
SplashForm->Update();

Application->CreateForm(__classid(TForm1), &Form1);

SplashForm->Hide();
delete SplashForm;

Application->Run();

return 0;