[AccessD] A2003: 2 Questions -Splash Screen and JPG Import dialogue

Hi Darren

1. I don't use Access 2003 so I have no suggestions for your splash
screen. Also, on modern machines a splash screen is rather a millisecond
flash screen living from the possible afterglow of the monitor, so I
would drop the idea.

2. If the graphics on the switchboard are small, I would convert them
to bitmaps and embed them in the form. That will load faster and no
converting is needed, thus no flash from the converting utility.

/gustav


>>> d.dick at uws.edu.au 23-12-2004 00:55:45 >>>
Hello all
Using XP and 98

1st Question re splash screens
I have an access app called mydb.mdb
In the same folder as mydb.mdb I have a (large) bmp called mydb.bmp
When I start the app I expect to see my BMP file load for a second -
but it
doesn't
The standard "Access 2003" screen loads instead
Anyone know why?

Question 2
When you assign JPG files to the dot Picture property of an image
control
You get the Importing. or Loading. dialogue box

I have modified the Registry as per instructions from various web
sites
And user groups (even the archives here had a reference to solving the
Problem - the SUBJECT was Removing the annoying flash...)

Anyway I thought it worked earlier this week. That is..In one of my
apps
I load a switchboard with a few graphics and the import dialogue box
appears
for 
each of the graphics (even though they are small graphic files) but
with 3
or 4 of 'em 
Being opened and or loaded consecutively the dialogue Is open long
enough to
be annoying
But I am sure when I tried this registry 'tweak' at the beginning of
the
week - it worked.
IE I am sure it was just the hourglass in the space where the Import
dialogue box used to be.

Now I am revisiting this issue, the Dialogue boxes are back even though
the
Registry entry 
has been set to "No"
I have noted Gustav's suggestion that.
>If run under Windows XP, the relevant section is HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>while under earlier Windows versions it is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
So..the registry keys I am editing are
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics
Filters\Import\JPEG\Options]
"ShowProgressDialog"="No"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics
Filters\Import\JPEG\Options]
"ShowProgressDialog"="No"

Any answers

Many thanks

Darren