SplashScreenManager Methods

Allows you to create and show splash screens and wait forms.

Name	Description
CloseDefaultSplashScreen() static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm. The method throws an exception if no splash form is currently open.
CloseDefaultWaitForm() static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm. The method throws an exception if no splash form is currently open.
CloseForm() static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm, that has been displayed using the SplashScreenManager.ShowForm method. The method throws an exception if no splash form is currently open.
CloseForm(Boolean, Boolean) static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm, and blocks the current thread until the splash form has actually been closed. The method’s parameter allows you to suppress an exception that is raised when no splash form is currently opened.
CloseForm(Boolean, Int32, Form, Boolean, Boolean) static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm. This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
CloseForm(Boolean, Int32, Form, Boolean) static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm after a specified delay, and blocks the current thread until the splash form has actually been closed. Allows you to select a form that should be subsequently activated, and suppress an exception that is raised when no splash form is currently opened.
CloseForm(Boolean, Int32, Form) static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm after a specified delay. Allows you to select a form that should be subsequently activated, and suppress an exception that is raised when no splash form is currently opened.
CloseForm(Boolean) static	Closes the currently displayed SplashScreen or WaitForm, that has been displayed using the SplashScreenManager.ShowForm method. The method’s parameter allows you to suppress an exception that is raised when no splash form is currently opened.
CloseOverlayForm(IOverlaySplashScreenHandle) static	Closes the Overlay Form with the specified handle.
CloseWaitForm()	Closes the WaitForm that was displayed using the SplashScreenManager.ShowWaitForm method.
CreateObjRef(Type)	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
Dispose()	Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
Equals(Object, Object) static	Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetLifetimeService()	Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetService(Type) protected	Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
HideImage() static	Hides the splash image that has been displayed via the SplashScreenManager.ShowImage method.
HideImage(Int32, Form) static	Closes the currently displayed splash image after a specific delay and allows you to specify a form that should be subsequently selected.
InitializeLifetimeService()	Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
Invalidate()	Forces the splash form to be redisplayed.
MemberwiseClone() protected	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected	Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
RegisterUserSkin(SkinBlobXmlCreator) static	Registers a custom skin to be applied to a splash form.
RegisterUserSkins(Assembly) static	Registers custom skins from the specified assembly to be applied to a splash form.
SendCommand(Enum, Object)	Sends a command to the currently active splash form.
SetDefaultProgressSplashScreenValue(Boolean, Int32) static	Set the value of the progress bar in the predefined SplashScreen descendant.
SetDefaultSplashScreenStatus(Boolean, String) static	Sets the caption of the progress bar in the predefined SplashScreen descendant.
SetWaitFormCaption(String)	Sets the active WaitForm‘s caption to the specified value.
SetWaitFormDescription(String)	Sets the active WaitForm‘s description to the specified value.
ShowDefaultProgressSplashScreen(String) static	Creates and displays the predefined SplashScreen descendant.
ShowDefaultSplashScreen(String, String) static	Creates and displays the predefined SplashScreen descendant.
ShowDefaultSplashScreen(Form, Boolean, Boolean, String, String) static	Creates and displays the predefined SplashScreen descendant.
ShowDefaultWaitForm(String, String) static	Creates and displays the predefined WaitForm descendant, centering it against your application’s main form.
ShowDefaultWaitForm(Form, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Int32, String, String) static	Creates and displays the predefined WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form.
ShowDefaultWaitForm(Form, Boolean, Boolean, String, String) static	Creates and displays the predefined WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form.
ShowForm(Type, Boolean, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering against your application’s main form.
ShowForm(Type) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against your application’s main form.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, ParentFormState) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form. The method’s parameter allows you to disable the parent form while the splash form is displayed.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ParentFormState) static	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.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, allowing you to manually position it.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, ParentFormState) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form. The method’s parameter allows you to disable the parent form while the splash form is displayed.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ParentFormState) static	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.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, allowing you to manually position it. The method’s parameter allows you to specify whether the splash form is displayed using the glow effect.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, Int32, ParentFormState) static	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.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, Int32, Boolean, ParentFormState, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, Int32, Boolean, ParentFormState) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, Int32, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, Int32) static	Creates the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant and displays it after a delay. Allows you to manually position the splash form, and suppress an exception that is thrown if another splash form has already been opened.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) static	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.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form. The method’s parameter allows you to specify whether the splash form is displayed using the glow effect.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Int32) static	Creates the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant and displays it after a delay, centering it against another form. The method’s parameter allows you to suppress an exception that is thrown if another splash form has already been opened.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form. The method’s parameter allows you to suppress an exception that is thrown if another splash form has already been opened.
ShowForm(Form, Type, Boolean, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form.
ShowForm(Form, Type) static	Creates and displays the specified SplashScreen or WaitForm descendant, centering it against another form.
ShowForm(UserControl, Type, Boolean, Boolean, ParentFormState) static	Creates and displays the specified WaitForm, centering it against the form containing the specified UserControl. The method’s parameter allows you to disable this form while the splash form is displayed.
ShowForm(UserControl, Type, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ParentFormState) static	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.
ShowForm(UserControl, Type, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) static	Creates and displays the specified WaitForm, allowing you to manually position it.
ShowForm(UserControl, Type, Boolean, Boolean) static	Creates and displays the specified WaitForm, centering it against the form containing the specified UserControl.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Boolean, Boolean, ICustomImagePainter) static	Displays a splash form that contains a vector image. Allows you to draw custom graphics over the splash image, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter, Int32) static	Creates a splash form with a vector image inside and displays this form after the specified delay. Allows you to draw custom graphics over the splash image, manually arrange it, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter) static	Displays a splash form that contains a vector image. Allows you to draw custom graphics over the splash image, manually arrange it, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) static	Displays a splash form that contains a vector image. Allows you to manually arrange this splash form.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Boolean, Boolean) static	Displays a vector image as a splash form with optional fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Boolean) static	Displays a vector image with an optional fade in effect.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size, Boolean, Boolean, ICustomImagePainter) static	Displays a splash form that contains a vector image. Allows you to draw custom graphics over the splash image, resize the image, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter, Int32) static	Creates a splash form with a vector image inside and displays this form after the specified delay. Allows you to draw custom graphics over the splash image, resize and manually arrange it, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter) static	Displays a splash form that contains a vector image. Allows you to draw custom graphics over the splash image, resize and manually arrange it, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) static	Displays a splash form that contains a vector image. Allows you to manually arrange this splash form, resize the image, and enable fade-in and fade-out effects.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size, Boolean, Boolean) static	Displays a vector image as a splash form, centering the image against your application’s main form. Allows you to disable fade-in and fade-out effects for the image.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size, Boolean) static	Resizes an image and shows it as a splash form with an optional fade-in effect.
ShowImage(SvgImage, Size) static	Resizes the target vector image and shows it as a splash form.
ShowImage(SvgImage) static	Displays a vector image as a splash form, centering the image against your application’s main form.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean, Boolean, ICustomImagePainter) static	Displays an image as a splash form, centering the image against your application’s main form. Allows you to disable fade-in and fade-out effects for the image and draw custom graphics over the splash image.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter, Int32, Boolean) static	Displays an image as a splash form. This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter, Int32) static	Creates a splash form containing the specified image and displays it after a delay. Allows you to manually position the splash form, disable fade-in and fade-out effects for the image and draw custom graphics over the splash image.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point, ICustomImagePainter) static	Displays an image as a splash form, allowing you to manually position it against your application’s main form. Allows you to disable fade-in and fade-out effects for the image and draw custom graphics over the splash image.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean, Boolean, SplashFormStartPosition, Point) static	Displays an image as a splash form, allowing you to manually position it. Allows you to disable fade-in and fade-out effects for the image.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean, Boolean) static	Displays an image as a splash form, centering the image against your application’s main form. Allows you to disable fade-in and fade-out effects for the image.
ShowImage(Image, Boolean) static	Displays an image as a splash form, centering the image against your application’s main form.
ShowImage(Image) static	Displays an image as a splash form, centering the image against your application’s main form.
ShowOverlayForm(Control, OverlayWindowOptions) static	Shows an Overlay Form with the specified options over the specified control.
ShowOverlayForm(Control, Nullable<Boolean>, Nullable<Boolean>, Nullable<Color>, Nullable<Color>, Nullable<Int32>, Image, IOverlayWindowPainter, String, Nullable<ImageRotationParams>, Nullable<Int32>) static	Shows an Overlay Form with the specified options over the specified control.
ShowOverlayForm(Control) static	Shows an Overlay Form with the default options over the specified control.
ShowWaitForm()	Creates and displays a WaitForm, whose type is specified by the SplashScreenManager.ActiveSplashFormTypeInfo property.
ToString()	Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component.
WaitForSplashFormClose()	Blocks the current thread until the active splash form is closed.