Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:41:16 +0100
From: Sylvain Fauveau (apli-agipa) i...@apli-agipa.com
Cc: Python-Win32 List python-win32@python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Win API call to display a BMP/PNG file as
a splash screen for a console app?
Message-ID:
Not tested, but :
Google: splash screen tkinter
= http://code.activestate.com/recipes/534124-elegant-tkinter-splash-screen/
tkinter is included with python.
Vernon Cole a écrit :
Malcolm:
I used to have exactly what you need. Unfortunately, when I checked
just now, I find that I failed to
Hi Malcolm
On 1:59 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote:
Is there a Windows API call I can use to display a BMP or a PNG file
in a window centered on a user's display? This function would be
called from a console app to display a splash screen.
Motivation: I would like some of our customer facing
Malcolm:
I used to have exactly what you need. Unfortunately, when I checked
just now, I find that I failed to lift a copy of the source code when I
left the place where I wrote it. It was a command line utility which
accepted as arguments the name of a .jpg file and the number of seconds to
Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
Is it possible to draw directly to the desktop? I vaguely recall reading
somewhere that that is how some splash screens are done to avoid the overhead
of a window...
Somehow I doubt that. I have a hard time imagining that
displaying a splash screen could be a serious
Is there a Windows API call I can use to display a BMP or a PNG
file in a window centered on a user's display? This function
would be called from a console app to display a splash screen.
Motivation: I would like some of our customer facing Python
console utilities to display a splash screen. I
From: pyt...@bdurham.com
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Subject: [python-win32] Win API call to display a BMP/PNG file as a
splash screen for a console app?
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Hi Tony,
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
pyt...@bdurham.com wrote:
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
Is it possible to draw directly to the desktop? I vaguely recall reading
somewhere that that is how some splash screens are done to avoid the overhead
of a window...
- These thoughts are mine alone! -
Andrew MacIntyre Operations Branch
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Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
Is it possible to draw directly to the desktop? I vaguely recall reading
somewhere that that is how some splash screens are done to avoid the overhead
of a window...
Yes, it's possible, but that's not the right way to do a splash screen,
because there's no good
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