Create a Custom Splash Form in Access

In this video, I demonstrate how the Access splash screen can be replaced with your own custom splash form. The splash form can be used to display application info and/or be used to run start-up code before the main form is displayed.

The video shows three different methods to achieve the required result.
Further info together with the example apps used are available from https://isladogs.co.uk/custom-splash-...

TIMES:
0:00 Create a custom splash form in 3 steps
0:35 Step 1: Hide the Access splash screen using a 1px x 1px BMP file
1:08 Step 2: Create new splash form - popup & borderless.
Optional - hide Access app window so that the splash form 'floats on the desktop'
1:43 Step 3: Close splash form after a few seconds & open main form.
NOTE: Side effect - Access app window may appear briefly
2:06 Example app 1
3:17 Method 2 - use splash form as BMP image. It appears very briefly before app opens
4:20 Example app 2
4:43 Method 3 - use starter app for splash form - run minimized using shortcut
5:48 Example app 3 - fixes side effect
6:22 Link to web article & downloads
6:34 Code used in splash form
7:40 Code to quit app from splash form
8:03 Thanks for watching