show something while loading .Net framework

30 Aug 2006 9:35 AM

steven

Hello,

As anyone knows, before starting up a .Net application, parts of the
..Net framework must be loaded in memory. Therefore, starting this
application can last for quite a few seconds (especially on slow
computers). Is there anything you can do to show the user the framework
is loading? Many programs have a 'loading'-window, to show the user the
program is loading. Is this possible?

Some users think the program is not starting, pressing the desktop-icon
a few times more. Then they get the same application multiple times opened.

Many thanks,

Steven

30 Aug 2006 10:50 AM

Meelis Lilbok

You can use "Make single instance application" property.

Mex

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"steven" <u***@example.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> As anyone knows, before starting up a .Net application, parts of the .Net
> framework must be loaded in memory. Therefore, starting this application
> can last for quite a few seconds (especially on slow computers). Is there
> anything you can do to show the user the framework is loading? Many
> programs have a 'loading'-window, to show the user the program is loading.
> Is this possible?
>
> Some users think the program is not starting, pressing the desktop-icon a
> few times more. Then they get the same application multiple times opened.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steven

30 Aug 2006 11:14 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"steven" <u***@example.net> schrieb:
> As anyone knows, before starting up a .Net application, parts of the .Net
> framework must be loaded in memory. Therefore, starting this application
> can last for quite a few seconds (especially on slow computers). Is there
> anything you can do to show the user the framework is loading? Many
> programs have a 'loading'-window, to show the user the program is loading.
> Is this possible?

No, not really, because the first line of your code gets executed after the
CLR/.NET Framework libraries have been loaded. Doesn't the mouse pointer
show the application starting cursor?

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
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30 Aug 2006 12:01 PM

jeff

if you wanted to .... you could build a simple launcher program in VB6 that
opens a splash screen ... then calls you exe to run ... then after a few
seconds or so ... it closes itself ... our your vb.net checks for an
instance of the launcher and closes it.

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"steven" <u***@example.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> As anyone knows, before starting up a .Net application, parts of the .Net
> framework must be loaded in memory. Therefore, starting this application
> can last for quite a few seconds (especially on slow computers). Is there
> anything you can do to show the user the framework is loading? Many
> programs have a 'loading'-window, to show the user the program is loading.
> Is this possible?
>
> Some users think the program is not starting, pressing the desktop-icon a
> few times more. Then they get the same application multiple times opened.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steven