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Splash screen in WPF

Remember the time when adding a splash screen to application was a hassel? In WPF this is now extremely simply, follow these few steps, and you splash screen is available in your WPF application!

Steps:

1. Add your desired splash image to your WPF project
2. Click the image in the solution explorer
3. Set Build Action to SplashScreen

Thats it! The image will show up when starting the application, and disappear automatically when your main window is finished loading

About Paul Eie

My name is Pål Eie (English alias: Paul Eie) I'm an IT consultant working in Stavanger, Norway. My experience spans from AIX to Windows and from embedded C to Uniface, Java, C++ and C#. My blog will involve everything that is related to technology. As long as it might be of interest to either newbies or seniors, I will blog about it! If you find some of my posts about basic old technology, it just means you know more than many of my other readers!