Is this possible to do in C#?

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I don't know what to call it so i can't search google or anything for this.

My question is:

How can i make something like this in C#?

How can you do this?

Or is this not possible in C#?

Like not use a Form but just do something like a PictureBox when the program starts.

Any help would be appreciated.

You can hide the border of your form, add a picturebox to it and make the background of the form transparent... — antonijn, Feb 22 '13 at 16:00
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/48916/multi-threaded-splash-screen-in-c — Piotr Justyna, Feb 22 '13 at 16:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:00

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It's called a splash screen and it's very much possible in C#.

It's probably just a transparent form with images and placeholder labels.

answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:00

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It is not, note the drop-shadow. You'll only get that from SetWindowRgn(), exposed as the Form.Region property. – Hans Passant Feb 22 '13 at 16:04
You can add a drop shadow to a form. It's all still possible. The main problem is performance really, you want it up faster than the rest of the application. – Lloyd Feb 22 '13 at 16:06
I tried doing a 0% Opacity on my form but it makes the label that Opacity too, How do i change this? – Dozer789 Feb 22 '13 at 16:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:04

You can do this with images and a transparent background on the form which suffices for a typical splash screen.

However if you need to make an irregular form where you can interact with contents behind the bounding rectangle of the form you'll need to get more creative.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:03

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There's a blogpost about the creator and what he used for the splashscreen, you could refer to this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2009/11/11/behind-the-scenes-splash-screen.aspx

answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:03

Random IT Guy

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:07

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VS2010 runs as a WPF application. WPF supports full alpha channel transparency, so the non-rectangular splash screens will always look better when using WPF than when using winforms

Try this one http://www.vcskicks.com/splash-screen.php where you can create custom splash screens.

answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:07

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@Dozer- we look better than what you ask here..we try to give the best we have. – coder Feb 22 '13 at 17:38
You didn't even answer my question with a WinForms answer, you answer it with a WPF answer. It doesn't help me at all. – Dozer789 Feb 22 '13 at 18:20

Is this possible to do in C#?

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