timer problems

[JayKay]

I have a problem with my welcome screen, which has timer. It comes on for 5 seconds then, i set the .visible property to False and my menu then appears.

However if i close the program using the 'X' in the top right corner of the the form only disapears and doesn't close properly, i have to press the stop button on the VB taskbar.

Have i missed anything?
Thanx

 

[mmilan]

I don't *know* the answer, but this might help...

Look at the form's unload event, and slap a messagebox in there. Is it being fired when you close the form?

If it is, replace the msgbox call with timer1.enabled = false. If not, put timer1.enabled = false in the terminate event.

It might work, you never know...


(I'm thinking that behind the scenes in the API there is a timer running, which might keep the session running)

 

[JayKay]

How do i unload the form, or can i just change the .visible property?

 

[DevonTaig]

Instead of using a timer, you might consider doing this:

Private Sub sleep()
Dim CurTime As Date
CurTime = Timer
Do Until Timer - CurTime > 5
Loop
End Sub

 

[Foada]

Try this in the timer event of your welcome screen

Private Sub timUnload_Timer()
Unload frmWelcome 'or Unload Me
Set frmWelcome = Nothing
End Sub

Hope this helps Anything is possible, the problem is I only have one lifetime.

 

[mmilan]

Can't you just nick the template splash form in VB?

 

[JayKay]

Private Sub tmrWelcome_Timer()
'Close welcome (splash) screen/ form
frmWelcome.Visible = False
'Display menu form
frmMenu.Visible = True
'disable timer
tmrWelcome.Enabled = False
End Sub


this is all i have (btw, i don't want to use a VB splash screen as i havn't been taught how too.)

and the problem, again, is...

the welcome form is made invisible, and the menu is shown. But, if i click on the 'X' in the top right of the window, the program, just becomes invisible rather than closing down.

Before, i didn't have the timer disabled after the new form is shown so when i pressed 'X' on the window again, it went invisible and then re-appeared after 5 seconds (the timer interval).

thanx

 

[JayKay]

anyone got any more ideas, as i've tried your previous suggestions and none have worked.

thanx

 

[Foada]

Is there a reason you don't want to unload the welcome form? Anything is possible, the problem is I only have one lifetime.

 

[mmilan]

Try this...

Set the timer's enabled property to true at design time, and it's interval to 5000.


Private Sub tmrWelcome_Timer()
'Close welcome (splash) screen/ form
frmWelcome.Visible = False
'Display menu form
frmMenu.Visible = True
'disable timer
tmrWelcome.Enabled = False
'Unload the current form
unload Me

End Sub

 

[JayKay]

no, but when i did that, like you suggested, it still happened.

 

[JayKay]

That worked, cheers mmilan

thanks for all your help guys!

cheers

 

[Guest_imported]

thanks for your help mmilan you're a champion

 

[Guest_imported]

When My exe is running in visual basic .. the form becomes static and nuthing appears on it .. can i do something so that muh form is visible , or mebbe i could pop another form into it ...
okay ... thats muh problem ... hope i can get an answer
thanks
shanks_who ?