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

Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, allowing you to manually position it.

The method’s parameter allows you to disable the parent form while the splash form is displayed.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraSplashScreen

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

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

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.
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).
parentFormDesiredState	DevExpress.XtraSplashScreen.ParentFormState	A ParentFormState enumeration value that specifies whether the parent form is enabled while the splash form is displayed. This parameter is in effect when displaying WaitForms.

Remarks

To disable the parent form while the splash form is displayed, set the parentFormDesiredState parameter to ParentFormState.Locked.