'''Splash''' is a splash screen/window package for Starkits, but it can be used from any Tcl/Tk application. It supports animated splash screens using multi-layer GIF images.

[http://mini.net/sdarchive/splash.gif]

'''Splash''' creates a separate process to animate the splash screen, so that refreshing is independent of the calling (parent) Starkit or script. This allows the splash screen to be updated/animated while the calling application is performing relatively long running tasks (such as downloading code or data from a server).

It is also possible to overlay text messages on the animated GIF image.

'''Splash''' is written in pure Tcl/Tk, and so works on any platforms support Tcl/Tk. It is also relatively small - if you just include splash.kit/lib/splash it adds less than 4k bytes plus the size of your image to your Starkit.

'''Splash''' comes with an embedded help wiki - just run it without arguments to see how to incorporate an animated splash screen into your Starkit

Download from http://mini.net/sdarchive/splash.kit

--- [Steve Landers]

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See also:

   * [splash screen]

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[Category GUI]