First off.. this is similar to what Xojo does.... show a screen while things are loaded and initialized which takes a few seconds
I have a window [winSPLASH] it is simply a visual... no progress bars or anything that needs to be updated while its displayed
In the App.OPEN (and I tried in the App.Activate as well)
Dim w As New winSplash w.show ..... Do the stuff that needs to be done mainWindow.SHOW // show the actual first window of the app w.close
The app runs.... debugging SAYS that winSplash is Displayed and closed... but it is never visible... nothing happens on the screen for the first few seconds, then bang MainWindow appears
According to my logging.... winSplash stays open for 2.3 seconds
I have tried winSplash as implict, and not
also tried by having it the default window, and leaving the "new" part out
all gave the same results...