Making a splash screen

Question

The concept of a splash screen doesn\'t strike me as something that should be so complicated, but I\'m having trouble getting the whole splash screen painted.

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Answer 1

You can use the await command with .Net Framework 4.5 Your form will not be visible until the task is completed

    private void YourForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //call SplashScreen form
        SplashScreen splash = new SplashScreen();
        splash.Show();
        Application.DoEvents();
        //Run your long task while splash screen is displayed i.e. loadAndCheckDatabase
        Task processLongTask = loadAndCheckDatabase();
        //wait for the task to be completed
        processLongTask.Wait();
        splash.Close();

        //...
    }