simple splash screen?

[NighterNet]

On Jul 29, 11:16 am, "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hell... at dcuktec.org>
wrote:
> NighterNet wrote:
> > I am trying to make a simple splash screen from python 3.1.Not sure
> > where to start looking for it. Can any one help?
>
> Sure, almost the same as with Python 2 :-)
> But to be a bit more specific:
> ++++
> """Only works if you got Python 3 installed with tkinter"""
> import tkinter
>
> IMAGE_PATH = "/path/to/image"
>
> class Splash(object):
>      "Splash Screen GUI"
>      def __init__(self, root):
>          self.root = root
>          # No window borders and decoration
>          self.root.overrideredirect(True)
>          # Get the size of the screen
>          screen_width = self.root.winfo_screenwidth()
>          screen_height = self.root.winfo_screenheight()
>          # Full screen
>          geometry_text = "%dx%d+0+0" % (screen_width, screen_height)
>          self.root.geometry(geometry_text)
>          # Display an image
>          self.label = tkinter.Label(self.root)
>          # Only GIF and PGM/PPM supported, for more information see:
>          self.label._image = tkinter.PhotoImage(file=IMAGE_PATH)
>          #http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/photoimage.htm
>          self.label.configure(image = self.label._image)
>          self.label.pack()
>          # This will quit the screen after about 5 seconds
>          self.root.after(5000, self.root.quit)
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>      ROOT = tkinter.Tk()
>      APPL = Splash(ROOT)
>      ROOT.mainloop()
> ++++
>
> --
> MPHhttp://blog.dcuktec.com
> 'If consumed, best digested with added seasoning to own preference.'

Thanks it help. Sorry about that, I was just wander what kind of
answer and if there are other methods to learn it.

Is there a way to position image to the center screen?