Help needed: How to create a start up banner?

[Cheng]

Hi:

I'm working on this little debugging tool for our company. Since the
tool is getting pretty big and it's shipped with our main product, it
would be nice to have a start up banner. such as those logo screens
you have when when you start photoshop, Flash, adobe reader, word, or
about any commercial applications

Does any one know how those are accomplished? and which area should I
study inorder to accomplish this task?

Thanks

Cheng

 

[mlimber]

Hi:

I'm working on this little debugging tool for our company. Since the
tool is getting pretty big and it's shipped with our main product, it
would be nice to have a start up banner. such as those logo screens
you have when when you start photoshop, Flash, adobe reader, word, or
about any commercial applications

Does any one know how those are accomplished? and which area should I
study inorder to accomplish this task?

If you need something GUI-based, you'll have to ask in a group for
your platform, tools, or GUI library since here we only discuss
standard C++. See this FAQ for what is on-topic here and for a partial
list of places you could try:

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/how-to-post.html#faq-5.9

Cheers! --M

 

[shadowman]

Hi:

I'm working on this little debugging tool for our company. Since the
tool is getting pretty big and it's shipped with our main product, it
would be nice to have a start up banner. such as those logo screens
you have when when you start photoshop, Flash, adobe reader, word, or
about any commercial applications

Does any one know how those are accomplished? and which area should I
study inorder to accomplish this task?

Thanks

Cheng

Hint: If you need help with a search term, those are called "splash
screens."

 

[Jim Langston]

Hi:

I'm working on this little debugging tool for our company. Since the
tool is getting pretty big and it's shipped with our main product, it
would be nice to have a start up banner. such as those logo screens
you have when when you start photoshop, Flash, adobe reader, word, or
about any commercial applications

Does any one know how those are accomplished? and which area should I
study inorder to accomplish this task?

First thing you do in main is display an image to the screen. Then proceed
with the rest of the program. How this is done depends on the platform,
graphics used, etc...

That is the quick and dirty of it, but there are OS issues with
refresh/repaint/redrawing when window is overlaid, etc...

You'll have to check for your specific OS.

 

[Richard Herring]

Hi:
I'm working on this little debugging tool for our company. Since the
tool is getting pretty big and it's shipped with our main product, it
would be nice to have a start up banner. such as those logo screens
you have when when you start photoshop, Flash, adobe reader, word, or
about any commercial applications
Does any one know how those are accomplished? and which area should

study inorder to accomplish this task?
Thanks
Cheng

Hint: If you need help with a search term, those are called "splash
screens."[/QUOTE]

Hint 2: many users really hate applications that splash unnecessary
garbage over the screen. If it ain't functional, don't add it.