One of the first languages I learned was Visual Basic 5, and one of the things I missed about it was having a cool looking splash screen for my program to give it that professional look. Well, just because you're using a scripting language doesn't mean you can't have one too:
<html>
<head>
<title>Splash Screen</title>
<script type="text/jscript">
var oPopup = window.createPopup()
function goContext(){
var oPopupBody = oPopup.document.body;
oPopupBody.innerHTML = oContext.innerHTML;
oPopup.show(275, 200, 400, 300, document.body);
document.body.onmousedown = oPopup.hide;
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="goContext()">
<!-- Splash Screen //-->
<div ID="oContext" style="display:none" onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<div style="position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:400px; height:300px; border:1px solid black;background:#eeeeee; onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<div style="padding:20px; background:white; border-bottom:5px solid #cccccc" onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<b onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false"><h2 align="center"><i>TheNewObjective </i><small><sub>ver: 1.00</sub></small></h2></b>
</div>
<div style="padding:20px; font-size:8pt; line-height:1.5em; font-family:verdana; color:black;" onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<center onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<marquee DIRECTION="UP" HEIGHT="100" WIDTH="300" SCROLLAMOUNT="1" onselectstart="return false">
This program was created as a supplemental tool,
not a replacement for existing systems. This program
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or any later version. This
program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS for
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
</marquee>
<br /><br />
<b>©2006-2007 TNO Development.</b></center>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<center><button onclick="goContext()">Show Splash Screen</button><br><b>Internet Explorer Only!</b></center>
</body>
</html>
And of course, the VBScript version:
<html>
<head>
<title>Splash Screen</title>
<script type="text/vbscript">
Dim oPopup
Set oPopup = window.createPopup()
Function goContext()
Dim oPopupBody
Set oPopupBody= oPopup.document.body
oPopupBody.innerHTML = oContext.innerHTML
call oPopup.show(275, 200, 400, 300, document.body)
End Function
</script>
</head>
<body onload="goContext()" onmousedown="oPopup.hide">
<!-- Splash Screen //-->
<div ID="oContext" style="display:none" onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<div style="position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:400px; height:300px; border:1px solid black;background:#eeeeee; onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<div style="padding:20px; background:white; border-bottom:5px solid #cccccc" onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<b onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false"><h2 align="center"><i>TheNewObjective </i><small><sub>ver: 1.00</sub></small></h2></b>
</div>
<div style="padding:20px; font-size:8pt; line-height:1.5em; font-family:verdana; color:black;" onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<center onselectstart="return false" ondragstart="return false" oncontextmenu="return false">
<marquee DIRECTION="UP" HEIGHT="100" WIDTH="300" SCROLLAMOUNT="1" onselectstart="return false">
This program was created as a supplemental tool,
not a replacement for existing systems. This program
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or any later version. This
program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS for
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
</marquee>
<br /><br />
<b>©2006-2007 TNO Development.</b></center>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<center><button onclick="goContext()">Show Splash Screen</button><br><b>Internet Explorer Only!</b></center>
</body>
</html>
Cool effects don't have to be hard
<message edited by TNO on Friday, February 22, 2008 9:49 AM>