Build a real multithreaded splash, with the slow loading process and the animated splash running simultaniously.
Animated Multithread Splash
Published 02/11/2005
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A Splash Screen with Alpha Blending
Published 06/09/2003
Have you ever thought about creating a splash screen that melts with the background using an Alpha channel together with the splash bitmap? This three-class implementation could help you do this. Includes explanations of Alpha Blending routines and GDI functions such as GetDIBits and SetDIBits. (The demo project was updated.)
Adding a Splash Screen to Your Applications
Published 01/27/2003
Create splash screens for your applications without the use of MFC.
Dialog with Splash Screen Example Code
Published 08/07/1998
Dialog with Splash Screen Example Code
Splash Screen with 256 color support
Published 08/07/1998
Splash Screen with 256 color support
Splash screen with text on it that uses its own thread
Published 08/07/1998
Splash screen with text on it that uses its own thread
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
Published 06/08/2011
The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.
IIS WCF File-less Activation with MEF
Published 05/24/2012
Control and low coupling happen when a developer combines MEF, WCF, and File-less activation. Jeffrey Juday shows you how to chain the technologies together.
