SplashScreenManager.ShowOnStartup(Boolean) Method

Shows the splash screen with parameters suitable for the application startup scenario.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public void ShowOnStartup(
    bool autoClose = true
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ShowOnStartup(
    autoClose As Boolean = True
)

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
autoClose	Boolean	True	true, to close the splash screen once the application is initialized; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The ShowOnStartup method calls the Show method with the following parameters:

C#

 Show(
   owner:null,
   startupLocation:WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen,
   trackOwnerPosition:true,
   inputBlock:InputBlockMode.None);

VB.NET

 Show(
   owner:=Nothing,
   startupLocation:=WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen,
   trackOwnerPosition:=true,
   inputBlock:=InputBlockMode.None)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

splashscreenmanager-startup-test/CS/App.xaml.cs#L35

public static void Test_SplashScreenManagerCore(Func<Window> splashScreenFactory) {
    SplashScreenManager.Create(() => {
        var w = splashScreenFactory();

wpf-synchronous-theme-preload-with-splashscreen/CS/ThemePreloadwithSplashscreen/App.xaml.cs#L12

static void PreloadThemes() {
    SplashScreenManager.CreateThemed().ShowOnStartup();
    ApplicationThemeHelper.Preload(PreloadCategories.Grid, PreloadCategories.LayoutControl);

VB.NET

splashscreenmanager-startup-test/VB/App.xaml.vb#L43

Public Shared Sub Test_SplashScreenManagerCore(ByVal splashScreenFactory As Func(Of Window))
    Call SplashScreenManager.Create(Function()
        Dim w = splashScreenFactory()

wpf-synchronous-theme-preload-with-splashscreen/VB/ThemePreloadwithSplashscreen/App.xaml.vb#L16

Private Shared Sub PreloadThemes()
    Call SplashScreenManager.CreateThemed().ShowOnStartup()
    Call ApplicationThemeHelper.Preload(PreloadCategories.Grid, PreloadCategories.LayoutControl)