Flash Screen with JWindow

Question

Hi All,
I want to make a Flash Screen when my program start, and shows some information before hiding it and display the main window. I read from the forum that I should use JWindow to achieve what I want.
However, Forte doesn't have a JWindow template, I search for the site and cannot find much about how to use JWindow. Can anyone here kindly help me?
I want some sample code, or some resource about how to use JWindow.
Thanks

Answer 1

better try the following code
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class SplashScreen implements Runnable {
   JWindow          splashScreen;
   JProgressBar    progressBar;
   Thread              thread;
   /// assuming that following declarations are dummy apps associated with this class
   App1 app1;
   App2 app2;
   App3 app3;
   App4 app4;
   App5 app5;
   App6 app6;
   App7 app7;
   App8 app8;
   public SplashScreen() {
      splashScreen = createSplashScreen(350, 290, new ImageIcon(yourImageFilePath));
      splashScreen.setVisible(true);
      start();
   public void start() {
      thread = new Thread(this);
      thread.setName("ProgressThread");
      thread.start();
   // stop the thread
   public void stop() {
      if(thread != null) {
         thread.interrupt();
         thread = null;
   // close the progress of loading
   public void close() {
      stop();
      splashScreen.setVisible(false);
      // give a 2 sec. break
      try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch(Exception ex) {}
      //////  Your Application Frame
      app.frame.setVisible(true);
   public void run() {
      progressBar.setString("Loading, please wait...");
      try{ thread.sleep(1000); } catch(Exception e) {}
      progressBar.setString("Loading App1 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app1 = new App1();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App2 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app2 = new App2();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App3 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app3 = new App3();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App4 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app4 = new App4();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App5 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app5 = new App5();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App6 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app6 = new App6();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App7 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app7 = new App7();
      progressBar.setString("Loading App8 ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      app8 = new App8();
      progressBar.setString("Loading Complete ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      try{ thread.sleep(1000); } catch(Exception e) {}
      progressBar.setString("Starting App ");
      progressBar.setValue(progressBar.getValue() + 10);
      try{ thread.sleep(2000); } catch(Exception e) {}
      close();
   public JWindow createSplashScreen(int width, int height, ImageIcon splashIcon) {
      JWindow splashScreen = new JWindow();
      splashScreen.getContentPane().add( new JLabel( splashIcon ),
                                          BorderLayout.CENTER   );
      splashScreen.getContentPane().add( progressBar = new JProgressBar(),
                                          BorderLayout.SOUTH );
      progressBar.setValue(0);
      progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
      Dimension screenSize = splashScreen.getToolkit().getScreenSize();
      splashScreen.setSize(width, height);
      // center the window
      splashScreen.setLocation(  screenSize.width   /  2  -  width   /  2,
                                 screenSize.height  /  2  -  height  /  2  );
      splashScreen.setVisible(false); 
      return splashScreen;
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      new SplashScreen();
}