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SplashForm

Class

Represents a splash screen form that can display with transparent background and animated show/hide effects.

Definition

Namespace:Telerik.WinControls.UI

Assembly:Telerik.WinControls.UI.dll

Syntax:
C#
public class SplashForm : Form, IDropTarget, ISynchronizeInvoke, IWin32Window, IBindableComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, IContainerControl

Inheritance: objectMarshalByRefObjectComponentControlScrollableControlContainerControlFormSplashForm...

Implements: IBindableComponentIComponentIContainerControlIDisposableIDropTargetISynchronizeInvokeIWin32Window...

Inherited Members Form.SetVisibleCore(bool)Form.Activate()Form.ActivateMdiChild(Form)Form.AddOwnedForm(Form)Form.AdjustFormScrollbars(bool)Form.Close()Form.CreateControlsInstance()Form.CreateHandle()Form.DefWndProc(ref Message)Form.ProcessMnemonic(char)Form.CenterToParent()Form.CenterToScreen()Form.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout)Form.OnActivated(EventArgs)Form.OnBackgroundImageChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnBackgroundImageLayoutChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnClosing(CancelEventArgs)Form.OnClosed(EventArgs)Form.OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs)Form.OnFormClosed(FormClosedEventArgs)Form.OnCreateControl()Form.OnDeactivate(EventArgs)Form.OnEnabledChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnEnter(EventArgs)Form.OnFontChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnHandleCreated(EventArgs)Form.OnHandleDestroyed(EventArgs)Form.OnHelpButtonClicked(CancelEventArgs)Form.OnLayout(LayoutEventArgs)Form.OnMaximizedBoundsChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnMaximumSizeChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnMinimumSizeChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnInputLanguageChanged(InputLanguageChangedEventArgs)Form.OnInputLanguageChanging(InputLanguageChangingEventArgs)Form.OnVisibleChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnMdiChildActivate(EventArgs)Form.OnMenuStart(EventArgs)Form.OnMenuComplete(EventArgs)Form.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs)Form.OnResize(EventArgs)Form.OnDpiChanged(DpiChangedEventArgs)Form.OnGetDpiScaledSize(int, int, ref Size)Form.OnRightToLeftLayoutChanged(EventArgs)Form.OnShown(EventArgs)Form.OnTextChanged(EventArgs)Form.ProcessCmdKey(ref Message, Keys)Form.ProcessDialogKey(Keys)Form.ProcessDialogChar(char)Form.ProcessKeyPreview(ref Message)Form.ProcessTabKey(bool)Form.RemoveOwnedForm(Form)Form.Select(bool, bool)Form.GetScaledBounds(Rectangle, SizeF, BoundsSpecified)Form.ScaleControl(SizeF, BoundsSpecified)Form.SetBoundsCore(int, int, int, int, BoundsSpecified)Form.SetClientSizeCore(int, int)Form.SetDesktopBounds(int, int, int, int)Form.SetDesktopLocation(int, int)Form.Show(IWin32Window)Form.ShowDialog()Form.ShowDialog(IWin32Window)Form.ToString()Form.UpdateDefaultButton()Form.OnResizeBegin(EventArgs)Form.OnResizeEnd(EventArgs)Form.OnStyleChanged(EventArgs)Form.ValidateChildren()Form.ValidateChildren(ValidationConstraints)Form.WndProc(ref Message)Form.AcceptButtonForm.ActiveFormForm.ActiveMdiChildForm.AllowTransparencyForm.AutoScrollForm.AutoSizeForm.AutoSizeModeForm.AutoValidateForm.BackColorForm.FormBorderStyleForm.CancelButtonForm.ClientSizeForm.ControlBoxForm.DefaultImeModeForm.DefaultSizeForm.DesktopBoundsForm.DesktopLocationForm.DialogResultForm.HelpButtonForm.IconForm.IsMdiChildForm.IsMdiContainerForm.IsRestrictedWindowForm.KeyPreviewForm.LocationForm.MaximizedBoundsForm.MaximumSizeForm.MainMenuStripForm.MenuForm.MinimumSizeForm.MaximizeBoxForm.MdiChildrenForm.MdiParentForm.MergedMenuForm.MinimizeBoxForm.ModalForm.OpacityForm.OwnedFormsForm.OwnerForm.RestoreBoundsForm.RightToLeftLayoutForm.ShowInTaskbarForm.ShowIconForm.ShowWithoutActivationForm.SizeForm.SizeGripStyleForm.StartPositionForm.TextForm.TopLevelForm.TopMostForm.TransparencyKeyForm.WindowStateForm.AutoSizeChangedForm.AutoValidateChangedForm.HelpButtonClickedForm.MaximizedBoundsChangedForm.MaximumSizeChangedForm.MinimumSizeChangedForm.ActivatedForm.DeactivateForm.FormClosingForm.FormClosedForm.LoadForm.MdiChildActivateForm.MenuCompleteForm.MenuStartForm.InputLanguageChangedForm.InputLanguageChangingForm.RightToLeftLayoutChangedForm.ShownForm.DpiChangedForm.ResizeBeginForm.ResizeEnd...

Constructors

SplashForm()

Initializes a new instance of the SplashForm class.

C#
public SplashForm()

Properties

BackgroundImage

Gets or sets the background image displayed in the splash form. Setting this property also adjusts the form size to match the image size.

C#
public override Image BackgroundImage { get; set; }

Overrides: Control.BackgroundImage

CreateParams

Configures the form as a layered window and removes the app-window extended style.

C#
protected override CreateParams CreateParams { get; }

Overrides: Form.CreateParams

Methods

AnimatedHide()

Hides the splash form with an animated fade-out effect.

C#
public void AnimatedHide()

AnimateFuncHide()

Decreases the layered window's opacity in steps, then hides the form.

C#
protected virtual void AnimateFuncHide()

AnimateFuncShow()

Increases the layered window's opacity in steps until it is fully opaque.

C#
protected virtual void AnimateFuncShow()

Dispose(bool)

Clean up any resources being used.

C#
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
Parameters:disposingbool

true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.

Overrides: Form.Dispose(bool)

OnLoad(EventArgs)

Initializes the layered window and starts its fade-in after the form loads.

C#
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
Parameters:eEventArgs

The event data.

Overrides: Form.OnLoad(EventArgs)

SetupLayeredWindow()

Validates the background image, initializes the native layered window, and starts the show animation.

C#
protected virtual void SetupLayeredWindow()
Exceptions: NullReferenceException

The background image is null.

Exception

The background image is not a Bitmap in 24-bit RGB or 32-bit ARGB format.

UpdateLayeredWindow(byte)

Draws the background bitmap into the layered window using the specified whole-window opacity.

C#
protected virtual void UpdateLayeredWindow(byte alpha)
Parameters:alphabyte

The constant opacity from 0 (transparent) through 255 (opaque).

In this article
DefinitionConstructorsSplashForm()PropertiesBackgroundImageCreateParamsMethodsAnimatedHide()AnimateFuncHide()AnimateFuncShow()Dispose(bool)OnLoad(EventArgs)SetupLayeredWindow()UpdateLayeredWindow(byte)
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