Quickest way to implement a C++ Win32 Splash Screen

Question

What\'s a simple way to implement a c++ Win32 program to...
- display an 800x600x24 uncompressed bitmap image
- in a window without borders (the only thing visible i

Answer 1

You can:

• Create a dialog in your resource file
• Have it contain a Picture control
• Set the picture control type to Bitmap
• Create/import your bitmap in the resource file and set that bitmap ID to the picture control in your dialog
• Create the window by using CreateDialogParam
• Handle the WM_INITDIALOG in order to set a timer for 10 seconds (use SetTimer)
• Handle WM_TIMER to catch your timer event and to destroy the window (use DestroyWindow)