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<div>Hi Tony, </div>
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<div>Thanks for the wxPython code. My reason for wanting to avoid wxPython (and pyQt) is that I don't want to ship the wxPython framework just to display a splash screen. I believe this might triple the size of my PY2EXE generated executables - not a worthwhile tradeoff for a cosmetic feature like a splash screen.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Malcolm</div>
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<div>----- Original message -----</div>
<div>From: "Tony Cappellini" <cappy2112@gmail.com></div>
<div>To: python-win32@python.org</div>
<div>Cc: python@bdurham.com</div>
<div>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:47:47 -0700</div>
<div>Subject: Re:Win API call to display a BMP/PNG file as a splash screen for a console app?</div>
<div>From: <a href="mailto:python@bdurham.com">python@bdurham.com</a><br>
To: "zz Python Win32 Newsgroup" <<a href="mailto:python-win32@python.org">python-win32@python.org</a>><br>
Subject: [python-win32] Win API call to display a BMP/PNG file as a<br>
splash screen for a console app?<br>
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>>Is there a Windows API call I can use to display a BMP or a PNG<br>
>>file in a window centered on a user's display? This function<br>
>>would be called from a console app to display a splash screen.<br>
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I don't know, but I suspect not.</div>
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>>complexity of a full GUI framework like wxPython or pyQT and<br>
To do this in wxPython is approximately 10 lines of code, maybe 20 at the most.<br>
Actually- the # of lines to do this in wxPython is less than your original email.<br>
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<br>
class SketchApp(wx.App):<br>
<br>
def OnInit(self):<br>
bmp = wx.Image("splash.png").ConvertToBitmap()<br>
wx.SplashScreen(bmp, wx.SPLASH_CENTRE_ON_SCREEN | wx.SPLASH_TIMEOUT,<br>
1000, None, -1)<br>
wx.Yield()<br>
<br>
frame = SketchFrame(None)<br>
frame.Show(True)<br>
self.SetTopWindow(frame)<br>
return True<br>
<br>
if __name__ == '__main__':<br>
app = SketchApp(False)<br>
app.MainLoop()<br>
<br>
<br>
This is barebones, taken from wxPython In Action- ideally you should have some minimal exception handling<br>
to make your app more robust.</div>
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