Re: [wxperl-users] Wx::SplashScreen in 0.08

[Matt F. <ma...@iw...>]

heh, I guess you're right. I just got caught up in the coolness of a splash screen.

thanks for knocking some sense back into me,
matt

--- "Marcus" <li...@wo...> wrote:
>On 02.12.01 at 07:06 Matt Felsen wrote:
>>However, this isn't working how I anticipated. I was thinking that the
>>script would halt when the splah screen appears, and wouldn't continue
>to
>>run until the splash screen times out, or someone clicks on it.
>
>As far as I know, and the way I have used them, the purpose of a splash
>screen is to show the user that loading is taking place. That's why you
>place your call to the splash screen inside a BEGIN { } for example, so
>that it loads first, then the main application is loaded. Once all the
>GUI information has loaded, you close the splash screen before showing
>the main application window. That's how they normally work. Hence, you
>don't really need a splash screen for fast loading applications.
>
>How are you using the splash screen?
>What's the purpose of having the user click on it before continuing?
>
>Marcus
>
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