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

Creates and displays the specified WaitForm, 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(
    UserControl parentControl,
    Type splashFormType,
    bool useFadeIn,
    bool useFadeOut,
    SplashFormStartPosition startPos,
    Point location,
    ParentFormState parentFormDesiredState
)

VB.NET

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
parentControl	UserControl	A UserControl. The WaitForm is positioned relative to the screen or the form where the UserControl resides.
splashFormType	Type	The type of WaitForm 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	SplashFormStartPosition.Default to center the WaitForm against the UserControl’s parent form. SplashFormStartPosition.Manual to manually specify the WaitForm’s location with the ‘loc’ parameter.
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 a WaitForm is displayed.

Remarks

This method overload is only supported for displaying WaitForms.