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Splashscreen for Configuration
on 07-09-2007

This was one of those small things which realy annoyed you after some time.

The start of MediaPortal Configuration can take some time and during this time even i wondered sometimes.... "Hmm.... did it crash now, or what?"

Now Broceliande was so kind an "fixed" that annoying thing by adding a splashscreen.

So if you grab todays svn build, then you will see this:

splashscreen.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now you actualy "see" that it is doing something. However, after the splashscreen dissapears, there is still a short delay until the configuration util shows up. This is caused by the time which is needed to draw the windows forms. And there is nothing we can do about that.

Enjoy! 


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Posted by MasterMarc, on 10-09-2007, , Guest
1. Thx for that handy thing
Haven't tried it, yet, but sounds really nice! Sometimes I really thought "What the hell is going on?", because sometimes it took a minute or more to load Thx, Marc
 
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Posted by jarod, on 13-09-2007, , Registered
2. Very nice
Something that miss in TV Server Config too. 
mfg Jarod
 
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Posted by LordMessi, on 16-09-2007, , Registered
3. Thanks
Thanks for this Broce and inf. 
 
I agree that this might be a feature for the TV Server config also,
 
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Posted by druffski, on 05-10-2007, , Guest
4. ...
Good idea! The delay between clicking and launching was often just long enough for me to wonder if I'd actually clicked it, or it had crashed.
 
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Posted by BarrieSmith, on 25-10-2007, , Registered
5. Hidden attribute?
I'm sure that the last time I developed a Windows application it was possible to "draw" a Windows form and kepp it hidden until it was ready to display. Could we not keep the splash screen active until the form is ready and then toggle the Hidden attribute?
 
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