A splash screen is only necessary if you are loading quite a bit at
the start.  All you have to do is create a form with the splashscreen
info on it and then add this code...

    SplashScreen.Show
    BringWindowToTop SplashScreen.hwnd
    RetVal = SetSysModalWindow(SplashScreen.hwnd)

        ******  add all of your loading code (i.e. database opens, form
loads...    

    Unload SplashScreen

Lance

This may be too simplistic, but create a form with the following
properties:
        Border Style:   1 - Fixed Single
        Control Box:    False
        Max Button:     False
        Min Button:     False
        Picture:                some bitmap
and then Show this form while your app does any time-consuming startup
processing.  

You may also want to add code to the center splash form on the screen.
        Top = (Screen.Height / 2) - (Height / 2)
        Left = (Screen.Width / 2) - (Width / 2)