Transparent Splash Screen (WinForms)

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I created a transparent splash screen in VB.Net 2012; it looks great, except one problem that it appear inside a white box for few seconds before it become transparent. The way I created it is by using *.bmp image with pink color background, then I use the pink as transparent in the form properties. I am not sure why this ugly white box appears. Any help/opinion is appreciated. The issue is with WinForms not WPF; There is no fancy code required to be posted as all what I've done is selected Form2 as per the screen shot below.

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did you remove the form boarders? – voddy Mar 31 '14 at 02:56 — voddy, Mar 31 '14 at 02:56
Of course I removed it :-) – Abbas1999 Mar 31 '14 at 04:36 — Abbas1999, Mar 31 '14 at 04:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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You haven't specified whether your app is WPF or WinForms.

If your app is using WPF this may be related to a known issue:

WPF Window with black background flashes white when first shown

There is a related Stack Overflow answer with some suggested workarounds.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Mar 31 '14 at 07:17

Phillip Trelford

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Thanks Phillip for the respond, I have WinForm; is there a solution for this? If I understand correctly, the solutions in your links are only for WPF, correct? – Abbas1999 Apr 01 '14 at 02:00
@Abbas1999 the solutions in my links are WPF specific. If your issue is on WinForms, I'd recommend updating your question with that information and ideally a code snippet – Phillip Trelford Apr 01 '14 at 10:18
Phillips; I've added more details and an image to make the question more clear as you've suggested. Help appreciated. – Abbas1999 Apr 01 '14 at 18:11

Transparent Splash Screen (WinForms)

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