Windows Forms: Splash Screen in C#

Step 1: Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "SplashScreen" and then click OK

Step 2: Create your splash screen as below

Step 3: Add code to handle main form

using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SplashScreen
{
    public partial class frmMain : Form
    {
        public frmMain()
        {
            //Create new thread to run the splash screen
            Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(StartForm));
            t.Start();
            Thread.Sleep(5000);//Only for demo
            InitializeComponent();
            t.Abort();
        }

        public void StartForm()
        {
            Application.Run(new frmSplashScreen());
        }
    }
}

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