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size(0,0), this.show(), and a spash screen (Read 966 times)
JosephDuchesne
size(0,0), this.show(), and a spash screen
Aug 3rd, 2006, 7:50pm  
Hi,
I am making an app that I would like to have a splash screen:

Code:

Frame splash;
Dimension dim = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
splash.setBounds(dim.width/2-160,dim.height/2-120,320,240);
splash.show();

Graphics splashGraf= splash.getGraphics();
splashGraf.setColor(Color.red);
splashGraf.fillOval(20, 20, 20, 20);
splash.paint(splashGraf);
splash.toFront();

//load a bunch of stuff

splash.hide();

(this code works)

And it would be helpful if I could have the window invisable from the start via size(0,0); (IE: be hidden until a this.show() function is called).

currently I call:
Code:

size(1,1);
this.frame.hide();

to hide the window and
Code:

this.frame.setBounds(dim.width/2-320,dim.height/2-240,640,480);
this.frame.show();

to show it at the size that I want.

This results in a split second flash of the main processing window sized at 128x128 or whatever the minumum is before this.frame.hide();
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fry
Re: size(0,0), this.show(), and a spash screen
Reply #1 - Aug 3rd, 2006, 8:59pm  
make your own main(), in which you do your splash code. once the thing is done, call PApplet.main(new String[] { "yoursketchname" }); to launch the sketch.
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JosephDuchesne
Re: size(0,0), this.show(), and a spash screen
Reply #2 - Aug 4th, 2006, 9:31pm  
does this have to be in Java mode?
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matthew.thompson
Re: size(0,0), this.show(), and a spash screen
Reply #3 - Nov 18th, 2006, 3:06pm  
I know it's archaic, but I've found the following method to be rather effective in making a splash screen:

Code:

boolean splash = false;

void draw()
{
   if(splash) { drawSplash();}
   else {...}
}

void drawSplash(){...}


From there, it should be pretty easy to set up the appropriate triggers (mousePressed(), etc.) to get to the rest of your app.
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