Simple SplashWindow class for Win32 or MFC

• If the user doesn't click on the window it is shown for the specified time.
• During the this period the applictaion may do further initialization.

• none

• integrate initialization messages (to tell the user what's going on)

• Create a new bitmap resource in your project, name it IDB_SPLASHWINDOW. Include the header:
  

  #include "SplashWindow.h"

• Instance the class (as member variable of the application class or as local variable during the the main message loop)
  

  CSplashWindow SplashWindow;

• Show the window (you get the applictions instance with (HINSTANCE)GetModuleHandle(0) or AfxGetInstanceHandle(), the parent window handle is not neccessary, start with 4000 milliseconds):
  

  SplashWindow.Create(hInstance,hParentWindow,IDB_SPLASHWINDOW,dwShowMilliseconds);

• If neccessary :
  

  SplashWindow.Create(hInstance,hParentWindow,IDB_SPLASHWINDOW,dwShowMilliseconds);