how to display panel before our applications gets started.

[prof.thakur]

how can we display a panel or small image in the desktop screen before starting our application
and after some time it should display the window pertaining to it

solution is welcomed in any lnaguage
c/c++/java

[ahluka]

Just create a window with no border or title bar buttons and have it display in the center of the screen. I guess the easiest option would be to have the user dismiss it by clicking anywhere on it.

No, I won't do it for you.

[iamthwee]

Java-

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39461&highlight=jar+executable

You could do something similiar in win32, that's more of a pain though.

[WolfPack]

I guess you could show a dialog with the required graphics in it's backgound at startup, on the WM_INITDIALOG event, or WM_CREATE event; set a timer at that moment, and when the timer throws the WM_TIMER event after the required time-interval, you can close the Splash Screen.

[Ancient Dragon]

google for "splash screens". Here is how to do it for MFC program.