Transparent splash screen in VB6.0

how to make a transparent splash screen in VB6.0?

how to make a transparent splash screen in VB6.0?
Hi,
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Splash screen in developer6.0

hi everybody!
please help me out in creating a
splash screen as that u do in vb.is it
possible to do it in d2k.if so hou.please let me know.thanks in advance

how to make a transparent splash screen in VB6.0?
Hi,
I would remind you that VB6 issues are not supported in these forums any more, you could refer to the following thread:
Where to post your VB 6 questions
You could consider posting this issue in these forums below:
These forums do not support Visual Basic 6, however there are many third-party support sites that do. If you have a VB6-related question please visit these popular forums:
VB Forums
VB City
Thanks for your understanding.
In addition, you could also mark any reply as answer which is helpful.
And VB6 is not supported in these IDEs since VS2003, so if you just want to use the IDE to use VB.Net then you could download the Visual Studio from
http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs by choosing the one fits your requirements. And here are the resources to get start about VB.net:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/hh388573
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Splash Screen that fades in smoothly...

Is there some code somewhere?
Or how can I realize that with Swing?
Hope you can help me... ;)
Greetz
Sambale

Ok... Guess you didn't understand it right...
I want my splash screen to fade smoothly from 0%
(invisible) over 50 % (semi-invisible) to 100%
(full).
It means I need a method just like setTransparency(
values from 0 to 100).
D'you know what I mean?The top level Java components (Frame and Window) are always 100% opaque. In order to do what you want you have to use the java.awt.Robot class to grab a snapshot of the background where the splash screen will be displayed and then paint your semi-transparent image over the top of it using a thread and AlphaComposite to tweak the transparency over time. Not 100% accurate but good enough to fool most people. Here's an example showing the concepts.
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class FadeImagePanel extends JPanel {
        private Image image;
        private Image bgImage;
        private float alpha = 0.0f;
        private Dimension PREF_SIZE;
        FadeImagePanel(URL imageLocation) throws IOException {
            this.image = ImageIO.read(imageLocation);
            initialize();
        private void initialize() {
            captureBackground();
            startAnimation();
        private void startAnimation() {
            Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    while (alpha < 1.0f) {
                        try {
                            Thread.sleep(20);
                            repaint();
                            alpha += 0.05f;
                            if (alpha > 1.0f) {
                                alpha = 1.0f;
                        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
                            ie.printStackTrace();
            t.start();
        public Point getPreferredSplashLocation() {
            Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
            int w = screenSize.width;
            int h = screenSize.height;
            int x = (w - image.getWidth(this))/2;
            int y = (h - image.getHeight(this))/2;
            return new Point(x,y);
        private void captureBackground() {
            Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
            int w = screenSize.width;
            int h = screenSize.height;
            int x = (w - this.getPreferredSize().width)/2;
            int y = (h - this.getPreferredSize().height)/2;
            Rectangle splashRectangle = new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
            try {
                Robot r = new Robot();
                bgImage = r.createScreenCapture(splashRectangle);
            } catch (AWTException awte) {
                awte.printStackTrace();
        protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
            Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
            g2d.drawImage(bgImage, 0, 0, this);
            AlphaComposite comp = AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, alpha);
            g2d.setComposite(comp);
            g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
        public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
            if (PREF_SIZE == null) {
                PREF_SIZE = new Dimension(image.getWidth(this), image.getHeight(this));
            return PREF_SIZE;
        public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
            final JWindow window = new JWindow();
            URL imageURL = FadeImagePanel.class.getResource("splash.png");
            FadeImagePanel fip = new FadeImagePanel(imageURL);
            window.add(fip);
            window.pack();
            window.setLocation(fip.getPreferredSplashLocation());
            window.setVisible(true);
            new Timer(3000, new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                    System.exit(0);
            }).start();
    }

Creating a fancy splash screen

Hi
Does anyone know how I can create a splash screen like those displayed by Adobe products, e.g.
http://www.nationmaster.com/wikimir/images/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/S-comp-sw-aid-st.jpg/180px-S-comp-sw-aid-st.jpg
If you look at the image, the butterly wings extend out into the screen.
I'm not sure how I could add a graphic to a Swing component in order to achieve this, any ideas?
thanks,
BBB

Camickr,
I tried using the method you suggested but it doesn't seem to work. The JWindow simply gets resized to the JLayeredPane, so I end up with the Gray background of the JWindow instead of it being transparent so that you can see through to the desktop.
Are you actually sure it's possible using the method you suggested?
Here's my code:
public class Splashing extends JWindow {
    public Splashing ()
        ImageIcon oIcon = new javax.swing.ImageIcon(BackgroundLayered.class.getClassLoader().getResource("images/splash_screen.gif"));
        JLabel oLabel = new JLabel(oIcon);
        oLabel.setSize( 500, 500 );
        JLayeredPane oLayer = new JLayeredPane();
        oLayer.add(oLabel, JLayeredPane.FRAME_CONTENT_LAYER, -1);
        oLayer.setPreferredSize( new Dimension(500,500) );
        oLayer.setMaximumSize( oLayer.getPreferredSize() );
        getContentPane().add(oLayer, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
    public static void main (String args [])
        Splashing oLay = new Splashing();
        oLay.pack();
        oLay.setVisible(true);
}

Drop Shadow for Windows Splash Screen

Hi,
I need to create a splash screen for a client who is a Windows software developer.
I'm working on a Mac with Photoshop CS3.
It's simple enough given that I just have to create a 320x240 image and send it over to them.
However what I'd like to do is add a drop shadow to the graphic which shows up with transparency when the splash screen appears on the Windows desktop.
Any clues?
Thanks.

With what technology is the developer working? . . . Pass.
What file formats can they accept? . . . I'll give PNG24 a go on a dummy graphic and ask them to try it.
Thanks.
Bob.

Z77A-GD65 Multiple BIOS Issues - B4 Hang, Splash Screen Blinking

Back in November 2012, I built a home server with a Z77A-GD65. Lately, I've noticed some strange things happening that I've been trying to research but to no avail.
First off, I get the B4 code hang-up whenever I'm booting. This doesn't matter if it's a cold boot or a reboot, it hangs on B4 for about 10-15 seconds, flashes 92 really quick, and then goes to A2 which it stays for another 5 or so seconds. After that I get the MSI splash screen for about 1 second, then it blinks 5 times. After that it goes into Windows just fine.
The blinking is a new issue, the B4 hang is not. I've read from multiple posts that this is a USB issue. When I disable USB legacy support, the issue goes away, but of course then I can't have legacy support. I have yet to figure out what exact device is causing it. In the process of trying to figure this out, I updated BIOS to A.A0. After updating to this version of BIOS the splash screen blinks 5 times before going to the "Starting Windows" splash screen. This is a more difficult issue to figure out why it's doing this because if you search for "BIOS" and "flash" or "flashes" or "flashing", you typically get results for flashing your BIOS. Hence, why I'm using the term "blinking". But even then I can't really find a solution out there.
I also happened to see that the website for the Z77A-GD65 is showing a newer BIOS version, but I'm unable to flash this (at least using M-Flash). I threw it on a USB, re-enabled USB legacy and whenever I click on it to install, the BIOS screen hard locks. The screen just freezes exactly where it's at in the BIOS and the mouse is dead. However, I can CTRL+ALT+DEL on the keyboard and it will reboot the system so I don't need to power cycle the computer. Not sure why this is happening either. Perhaps I need to flash this a different way? Maybe I don't need to flash this at all?
I could really use some input here on why this is happening.
As for the specs on my system, they're as follows:
i7-3770K overclocked to 4.2 Ghz by using the Turbo Mode in BIOS
32GB Komputerbay DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz DIMM with Low Profile Blue Heatspreaders Quad Channel RAM | 9-9-9-24 XMP ready
AMD PowerColor 7870 Myst Edition GPU - currently not overclocked although overclocking this doesn't seem to affect any issues
2 - 128 GB Corsair SATA III SSD - one runs the OS, the other I use to load games from
2 - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Sata II HDD's mirrored via Windows 7
1 - 750 GB Seagate Barracude 7200 RPM Sata II HDD
1 - 1 TB Western Digital MyBook USB 2.0 external
2 - 3 TB Seagate USB 3.0 external
ASUS DVD Burner - not sure which one, it's a cheapy $20 from Newegg
1 - PCI USB 3.0 expansion card
Antec TruePower New TP-550 Modular 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
NZXT Switch 810 gunmetal - currently have 4 fans running but plan on more, also the Switch 810 has the multi-card reader in the front with 1x SD Card, 2x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0
for peripherals
1 - Microsoft 360 Wireless controller adapter (legit one, not the knockoff although I had a knockoff prior to getting the real deal)
1 - Logitech Wireless USB Keyboard with Touchpad
I tried to be thorough. Thanks in advance for any help!

Quote from: PirateDog on 26-August-13, 12:45:18
Probably a USB device problem.
This is a candidate, as well as mouse and keyboard. Disconnect USB devices one at a time to find the culprit.
A lot of devices running. PSU a +12V single rail or is it multi rail? A rail going to the graphics or components may not be enough amps. My best guess is the card reader.
For UEFI/BIOS flashing, select your mainboard here and use the forum flash method;
I'll definitely try unplugging some of these USB devices to see if that helps with the B4 hang issue.
As for the PSU, according to the description for it on Newegg: "Four industry-leading independent +12v rails are provided for more stable and safer power output." It has two rails going to the GPU. The GPU is a new addition to the system and so I wasn't running it until recently. The issues were occurring beforehand, but you're right that this PSU is underpowered for the rig considering PowerColor recommends a minimum of 500w. I'm going to be buying a larger capacity one sometime in the very near future. Any recommendations on good modular PSU's? What's a good way to tell what wattage to get?
Thanks for letting me know about the forum flash method. I'll be back later when I have some results.

Want to hide or mod FCP 6 Splash Screen

Just want to hide the splash screen on my FCP system. I rent it to indy projects and I want to protect my serial. How can I access the Splash Screen Image? I've been able to mod the splash screen on all the other apps on the rental system but can not find or get to the Splash Screen for Color and FCP 6. I know that a real hacker can find my serial some how but I am not trying to block those geniuses. Just the lazy ones that are willing to go as far as copying or screen grabbing my Splash Screen and or About Screens to get a working serial. I know how to mod the Splash Screen to hide my serial and how to hide the app so the user can't get to the splash screen. I just don't know where the splash screen file is. I've read that it is in the .nib files? I just wanna hide my serial. Don't care if I mod it myself or install an app that does it for me. Any apple people or anyone else know what I can do to protect my product. I've also been told that the splash screen does not display the full serial but it soo totally does. Hey apple, please add the ability to hide this splash screen. Perhaps with it's own password to unlock and show again? OR, make splash screen hiding a universal ability in the OS. That would be sweet! Anyway,... ideas?

Hey all. I have been able to mod the splash screen on all the apps in FCP Studio 2 except for FCP and Color. The other studio apps Splash Screens access a .psd file. The only files I've found in Color that seem like they might be the splash screen files are ft_splash.Isi, ft_splashEDU.Isi, ft_splashNFR.Isi and ft_splashVOL.Isi
How do I open a .Isi file? If I can figure that out I can hide the serial number for Color but it still leaves FCP. Why do apps show the serial on the splash screen at all? What purpose does this serve?

Switched computer cases and now I hang at the MSI splash screen.

Hey guys. I've never had any problems with building my PC until yesterday on the simplest of tasks.
I decided to buy a new case and switch everything over but when I did it decided to hang on the MSI motherboard splash screen.
Specs:
* MEM 4Gx2|G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL + one more stick.
* Processor = AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX
* Graphics Card = HD 7950
* Motherboard = MB MSI| 880GM-E41 880G R
* PSU = CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
* OS = Windows 7 64Bit
* No overclocking.
So far I've done the following.
* Removed battery/Jumped the bios.
* Checked and rechecked each RAM stick.
* Removed all connections.
* Removed graphics card etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, Christmas has kind of killed my budget for a new build.
Thanks!
These are as far as I can get before everything stops working.

Really strange.
Have you made sure that there was will be/was no contact between mobo and case (apart from spots where the contact should be made) ? This could've break the motherboard.
Check ALL of the power supply cable connections between it and mobo.
Now something weird which doesn't seen to make any sense... Try to put your motherboard back to the old case.
That's all my suggestions, apart from that, if you're still able, then get it on a warranty and RMA it.
Good luck.

Tecra M3 - Stuck at Toshiba BIOS Splash Screen

Not sure what to do here with this one...
Bit of history... we bought my niece a used laptop for surfing/movies which worked fine when I had it a few weeks setting it up and such, she had it a week and it's now dead. Some days it works, some days won't even turn on. So, after much work determined it to be a motherboard issue, and since it was a $200 DELL, we optedto buy another laptop.
I grabbed a used Tecra M3, been playing with it all week, games, surfing, you name it, seemed a gtood solid performer. I give it to her, she goes upstairs, plugs it in, powers on and just sits at the splash screen.
Two nephews have no issues with theirs, wondering if possible the power outlet surging and killing the systems? She's 16, so (hopefully) knows how to handle a laptop carefully.
Regardless... can't afford another dead laptop. Stuck at startup BIOS splash screen, won't go beyond that. Won't let me into the BIOS, and if I hit too many keeps too many times, laptop just beeps per keystroke.
Any advice?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Well, not much of a support forum... 2nd posting and neither issue I had had any responses at all.
In case someone see's this because having the same issue, the hard drive was very loose, barely making contact and fell off when I touched it. Pushed it all the way back in and works fine. Pegs on the panel designed to prevent the drive from becomming lose, not very good, still allowed the drive enough wiggle room to shake loose.

Splash screen for a desktop app (non mobile app)

I'm using fb4linux, 4.5.1A SDK, I'm developing a non-mobile (i.e. desktop application) and I would like to add a splash screen to it.
I've added mobilecomponents.swc to the library path, and the application starts like this:
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
   width="400" height="400" xmlns:local="*"
   preloader="spark.preloaders.SplashScreen"
   splashScreenImage="@Embed('assets/splashscreen.png')"
   splashScreenMinimumDisplayTime="1500">
When I debug it, no splash scren is shown and I get the following error:
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable flash.display::StageAspectRatio is not defined.
    at spark.preloaders::SplashScreen/prepareSplashScreen()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\mobilecomponents\src\spark\preloaders\SplashScreen.as:340]
    at spark.preloaders::SplashScreen/Stage_resizeHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\mobilecomponents\src\spark\preloaders\SplashScreen.as:407]
The problem seems to be triggered by the line that sets the preloader, because if I remove it, the error is gone (although no splash screen is shown either).
Any ideas how to make it work?
Thanks!

import [install folder]\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.6\sdks\4.6.0\frameworks\libs\mobile to your build path
Note: You must add the frameworks\libs\mobile\mobilecomponents.swc to the library path of the application to support the splash screen in a desktop application.

I am not able to access my photos through the photo application... when I click on the photo app, I can see the camera roll but a transparent album screen is over it and I cannot click on the photos to see it... can any one please help ???

I am not able to access my photos through the photo application... when I click on the photo app, I can see the camera roll, but a transparent "album" screen is over it and I cannot click on the photos to see it... can any one please help ???

Known bug. Quit the Camera App, double-tap the home key and delete Camera from the recent apps bar. Fire it up again, should be good.

After Effects CS5.5 - Lion: Crash on splash screen EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT)

So one day, out of the blue, After Effects stops wanting to open. The worst part is, I can't think of any changes that would have caused this.
I am running After Effects CS5.5 (10.5.1) on my MacBook Pro 13" (Early 2011), which is running Mac OSX Lion. Here is my system profile (with some sections omitted).
Just a few weeks ago, I began to consistently receive this message during the AE splash screen:
After Effects Alert
Last log message was: <140735295236448> <ASL.ResourceUtils.GetLanguageIDFromRegistry> <0> Unable to obtain the User 'Language' registry key at: Software\Adobe\After Effects\10.5.1\ Defaulting to 'en_US'.
Here is a crash log.
Any ideas?
First attempt
I figured maybe I had a bad preference file, so I cleared my prefs. Nothing changed aside from a modified error message:
After Effects Alert
Last log message was: <140735295236448> <DynamicLink> <5> 0x114ee8418
And a crash log.
Also, if I try opening AE again, after I cleared my prefs and opened it once, the error message returns to the "registry key" alert.
Second, third, fourth attempt
So I uninstalled and reinstalled After Effects about 3 times. No change. I used the latest download from Adobe, and the original Master Collection image: no difference.
Fifth attempt
I created a second admin account to see if this was an isolated issue. It isn't; same problem.
Sixth attempt
I thought about QuickTime, so I opened up System Prefs, and uninstalled Perian. I left the prefpane there though.
Also, I have the latest version of Java.
Seventh attempt (Added 19 March 2012)
I used the Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool to wipe out my entire Adobe installation. I still have the same problem after a reinstall. I'm going to try installing AE on my external drive next. This is really frustrating. Has anyone experienced this issue and found a resolution?
Notes
Interestingly enough, all of the other Abobe CS5.5 apps I installed work fine:
Bridge
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Premiere Pro
OnLocation
Extension Manager
Added 1:54PM, 13 March 2012:
Also, opening up the render engine causes the same error message.

I just installed AE, have never used it, and am seeing it bail on startup with the same odd language registry key error. Please see my post on a related thread.
Any luck here? Would be nice to get AE to boot so I could evaluate it.

BLACK SCREEN on start up with 3 beeps, FREEZES when power unplugged, IF IT BOOTS splash screen freezes, OVERHEATING REQUIRED TO BOOT - 0x7B, Event 41 kernel-power

Issue: One day I unplug the power, the screen freezes and I get frozen music sound. I shut down, start up, I get 3 beeps (1 short 2 long), which indicates a Video failure according to the Thinkpad Laptop beep code list.
How I solve the issue day-to-day: I turn the heat up - I disconnect the battery and hard drive and plug in the power then turn it on. I will wait until the underneath is searing hot with a blanket blocking the fan's flow of air, I mean way hot because any
cooler and it won't start. Plug stuff back in, Hard drive first, Battery second, turn off with power button hold, unplug power, replug power.
I turn it on, no beeps, it goes past the first Lenovo screen, then gives me a prompt because it "didn't shut down properly" and continue regular startup. What happens next is the Windows logo appears,
and just as the animated windows logo starts to move (you see 2 small colored dots on the screen), it freezes. I see this every time, I know naturally that it means that the laptop is still too hot to go past that point, so I shut it down and try again. After
about 5 - 10 tries it will go past the splash screen and into the login area, then it's all fine.
Sometimes when I unplug the power from the back by accident it will freeze. By accident I mean that the connector wiggles it's self out easily. This unplug freezing thing started happening about 1 week before the 3 beep black screen problem started rolling,
so I'm putting 2 together.
Errors:
I got a Blue Screen of Death the first time I started it up with the overheating ritual, but I never got it since. It was 0X7B.
I got another Blue Screen of Death about a week ago, but came as it was on already and I had been using it, and said something about disabling Cache or Shadowing in BIOS. I never got it since.
Event Viewer events found:
1. Kernel-Power, Summary page.
There are critical events for a few things like Kernel-Power, Event ID 41, Task Category (63). There are 19 of them, each day 1 or 2 of them but mostly 1, so this maybe corresponds to my daily ritual.
"The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."
2. Kernel-Processor-Power - Event ID 37, task category (7)
"The speed of processor 1 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 71 seconds since the last report."
3. LMS - HCMI - Event ID 2, Task Category: none
"LMS Service cannot connect to HECI driver".
I came across a very sluggish performing control panel for Nvidia before and after this problem, and I tried installing a newer version, which I had to jump through a few hoops to do, like uninstalling first, not just updating. At first it said that the
driver wasnt for the system, which was wrong. I made it work somehow, but it was still sluggish. I rolled it back to an earlier driver, and now it works fine. No sluggish performance / slight freeze window thing going on.
MSCONFIG.exe, Boot Advanced Options: I have tried twice to change this 1 setting, check box "Number of processors" and change to 2 processors, because I do have 2 processors. I have been able to change
this in the past, but it does not save the setting now, and I believe this option was selected before I started having problems, and settings did not disappear then.
What could this be. The small round BIOS battery? The video card like everyone presumes? (I.E. the entire motherboard replacement), Software? The wiggly power input area? (Not enough power getting in?), Firmware of some sort? The BIOS software being wrong?
SYSTEM INFO:
Thinkpad T61p 6457-A24, Intel core 2 duo (T7700) 2.4GHz, Intel 120GB SSD 6Gb/s, NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256 MB),
Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium (6.1, Build 7601), BIOS Ver 1.00PARTTBLx
Display: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit 60 Hz), Integrated RAMDAC, Main driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2,
Version 8.17.12.9688, Date 5/31/2012, DDI version 10, Driver model WDDM 1.1
Please excuse the small text at the beginning, there isn't an option to un-do that error.

You are very wrong about that mystified. What do YOU think made my computer work without beeping at all hu? (I bet you're gonna tell me). I figured it out.
RE-INSTALL WINDOWS 7 OS.
SOLVED.
DOESN'T BEEP ANY MORE.
THAT IS A PART OF microsoft ISN'T IT.
::: EGO KILLER 9000 :::

Desktop Manager Will not Load. Hangs on splash screen when loading, then crashes

My desktop manager is not loading, and hangs whenever it is attempted to load. I have done a clean uninstall, removed rim registry entries, and did a fresh download and install 3 times with full shut downs between each attempt. I am running Windows 7 service pack 1 with an HP Laptop. It is an HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC. Product Number LY080UA. I hope that is enough information, but I will give more if asked and informed how to gather such info.
When I right click on the Desktop Manager Icon, I choose to run as Admin. Once it loads the splash screen shows. After a little bit (4-6 seconds) a small Icon appears in my systems tab at the bottom right of my screen. This stays for a little while and then goes away. After this happens the Splash screen hangs, and get a black border around it. If I click on the Splash screen it grey out and says not responding, prompting windows to ask me if I want to wait for the program or close. If I choose to wait, it will sit there and do nothing. If I close it will prompt windows to "look for an error" but has not yet been able to return an answer.
When I log into safe mode, Desktop Manager loads, but does not work well as only a bare bones set of drivers are enabled. If I turn off all but the non-essential services off using services.msc it will load, but again the services needed for it to run and the services for windows to be fully functional are not on at all.
I have attempted to turn off all but the Desktop manager in the start up, using msconfig, but that does not help either.
I am at my wits end here, and would really like some help with this. It loads up (desktop manager) on my Desktop, but I am unable to log that mammoth box around with me while I travel.
Thank you for your time and efforts, I will be very grateful for any and all help.

I'm having the exact same problem here! I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64. Please help! This was posted a month ago.

SQL Developer locks after splash screen

I have succesfully installed SQL Developer on 2 machines in our group and it works fine. However on the machine where we really need it (mine) it absolutely refuses to work.
It appears to start up, the splash screen appears and the sqldeveloper.exe appears in the machine's task list but thats it! The splash screen stays on the screen until I click on it and then disappears.
I have tried the version with the built in SDK and I have also downloded the SDK from Sun and tried the version without the accompanying SDK. I have also de-installed all the Java SDK and runtime versions on the machine and re-installed those that were needed. Same result.
At this stage I called in our Java development guru who twiddled and tweaked during 30 minutes...same result.
If I execute sqldeveloper.exe from within the jdev\bin folder I see the following in a DOS box:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.MultiUIDefaults.getUIError(MultiUIDefaults.java:11
at javax.swing.UIDefaults.getUI(UIDefaults.java:721)
at javax.swing.UIManager.getUI(UIManager.java:860)
at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(JPanel.java:104)
at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:64)
at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:87)
at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:95)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.createGlassPane(JRootPane.java:482)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.<init>(JRootPane.java:313)
at javax.swing.JFrame.createRootPane(JFrame.java:247)
at javax.swing.JFrame.frameInit(JFrame.java:228)
at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:195)
at oracle.ide.IdeCore$StartupWindow.<init>(IdeCore.java:1458)
at oracle.ide.IdeCore.startupImpl(IdeCore.java:1084)
at oracle.ide.Ide.startup(Ide.java:672)
at oracle.ideimpl.Main.start(Main.java:49)
at oracle.ideimpl.Main.main(Main.java:25)
but I don't know if this is really relevant as that is not the normal start path.
The machine/OS spec is as follows:
OS Name     Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version     5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer     Microsoft Corporation
System Name     XP224
System Manufacturer     Hewlett-Packard
System Model     HP Compaq dc7100 CMT(PC928A)
System Type     X86-based PC
Processor     x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
Processor     x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date     Hewlett-Packard 786C1 v01.05, 16/06/2004
SMBIOS Version     2.3
Windows Directory     C:\WINDOWS
System Directory     C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device     \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale     United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer     Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
Time Zone     Romance Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory     512.50 MB
I would be very grateful for any suggestions anyone may have as to the nature of this problem.
Thanks
Paul BJ

See post:
java.lang.NullPointerException
Regards,
Eric

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