splash screen before application loads

[Phil Davis]

Hi Viktoras,

One common way to handle this is to organize your app like this:

- the main app consists of the engine & your splash screen stack only. 
This keeps the executable small so it opens quickly when the user starts 
the app.

- the splash screen stack contains code that opens the 'real' main part 
of your app after the splash screen is visible.

In this way of organizing your app's structure, the main part of your 
app is a separate stackfile from the engine part (the .exe or .app on 
Mac), but that doesn't cause any problems for execution. Many people on 
this list recommend it (myself included).

Phil Davis


Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
>  
> As always thanks for all your help in advance :-) 
>  
> It takes time (~5 sec) while my application loads on some computers, so
> sometime it looks like it doesn't start at all. Usually end-users have a
> limited patience so they try clicking and may even get angry... In order to
> save their nerves is there a way to show a splash screen at most within one
> second interval after they click the application icon and keep it there
> until the main stack completely loads ? Are there any preferred ways on
> designing a proper splash screen in Rev Studio. Actually it is just a small
> image and a little text to display, but what is the optimal way to do this? 
>  
> Best wishes 
> Viktoras