{"id":365,"date":"2016-07-08T01:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T05:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2016-07-09T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T20:11:56","slug":"create-a-splash-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Create a Splash Screen (Simple)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-366 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SplashScreen.png\" alt=\"SplashScreen\" width=\"576\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SplashScreen.png 576w, https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SplashScreen-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SplashScreen-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SplashScreen-400x241.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To create a Splash Screen using a Form&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a new Form<\/li>\n<li>In the Properties Sheet set&#8230;\n<ul>\n<li>Set the <strong>Border<\/strong> to <strong>None<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set<strong> Auto Center<\/strong> to <strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set <strong>Pop Up<\/strong> to <strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set<strong> Moveable<\/strong> to <strong>No<\/strong> (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Set the <strong>Timer Interval<\/strong>\u00a0to the amount of time (in milliseconds) you want the Splash Screen to stay open, i.e. 5000 = 5 seconds<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>On Timer<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/?p=279\" target=\"_blank\">Event Procedure<\/a> place <strong>DoCmd.Close<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save, close and double-click to reopen and test.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.access-diva.com\/myzipfiles\/SplashScreen.zip\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to download a sample.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>P.S. 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