Splash screen launcher

Hiya,
My application takes some time to start, so i want a small and quick launcher to kickstart things and show it's working. My current launcher uses a SystemExec that starts the other compiled file, but it's messy to get it to know when the program has started.
So, i've decided to try to make a VI server approach, it should just link the other file and be an easy fix, right? Wrong.
A Static VI reference works in the EXE, but then it loads the big application like a sub-vi, making as slow as before.
A path -> Open VI works in labview, but if i dont add it to Dynamic files it compiles to 300k and there's only a launcher (not too strange), and if i add it i cant compile (error 1003).
Adding both launcher and main to "Startup VI" works, but as in case 1 they start at the same time.
path -> Open VI from a separate .exe (the main separatly compiled) doesn't work (or i cant get it to work)
Any ideas?
/Y
LabVIEW 8.2 - 2014
"Only dead fish swim downstream" - "My life for Kudos!" - "Dumb people repeat old mistakes - smart ones create new ones."
G# - Free award winning reference based OOP for LV
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thanks Omp, but it doesn't solve my problem. Inlining still needs to be fully loaded to memory before executing, which is the opposite idea of a launcher.
The "start 2 VI's at once" in the application builder should be an easy solution, and being separate they shouldn't need to start at the same time. :/
(I can then use the VI's in memory property to determine if it's loaded)
/Y
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"Only dead fish swim downstream" - "My life for Kudos!" - "Dumb people repeat old mistakes - smart ones create new ones."
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