SplashScreenManager.ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) Method

Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, allowing you to manually position it. The method’s parameter allows you to suppress an exception that is thrown if another splash form has already been opened.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraSplashScreen

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public static void ShowForm(
    Form parentForm,
    Type splashFormType,
    bool useFadeIn,
    bool useFadeOut,
    bool throwExceptionIfAlreadyOpened,
    SplashFormStartPosition startPos,
    Point location
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub ShowForm(
    parentForm As Form,
    splashFormType As Type,
    useFadeIn As Boolean,
    useFadeOut As Boolean,
    throwExceptionIfAlreadyOpened As Boolean,
    startPos As SplashFormStartPosition,
    location As Point
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
parentForm	Form	A Form relative to which the displayed splash form is positioned. This parameter is in effect when displaying WaitForms.
splashFormType	Type	The type of splash form to be displayed.
useFadeIn	Boolean	true to use the fade-in effect when opening the form; otherwise, false.
useFadeOut	Boolean	true to use the fade-out effect when closing the form; otherwise, false.
throwExceptionIfAlreadyOpened	Boolean	true to throw an exception if another splash form has already been opened; false to suppress this exception.
startPos	SplashFormStartPosition	The splash form’s arrangement.
location	Point	Coordinates at which the splash form is shown (if the startPos parameter is set to Manual).

Remarks

Only one splash form can be opened simultaneously. If you call the ShowForm method while another splash form is being displayed, an exception will be thrown if the throwExceptionIfAlreadyOpened parameter is set to true. To suppress this exception, set this parameter to false.

Use the SplashScreenManager.CloseForm method to close a splash form.