Close a windows form without exiting the entire application

Question

Environment

• Windows XP SP3 x32
• Visual Studio 2005 Standard
• Device/Platform: Honeywell Dolphin 9500 with Windows Mobile/Pocket PC 2003

Answer 1

You can call Application.Run() with your "main" form, this will still allow the application to close properly when the form closes, but hide it (Visible=false) whilst you show the splash screen, or just show the splash screen on top of it.