Yes, the gtk-interface puts paint messages at the end of the message queue. See lazarus.pp and splash.pp to see how to create a splash screen.

Lazarus.pp was very helpful... and adding a couple of Application.ProcessMessages made the components and progress bar appear! Thanks Mattias!

Yes, the gtk-interface puts paint messages at the end of the message queue. See lazarus.pp and splash.pp to see how to create a splash screen.

Mattias

I'm trying to add a splash screen to a slow initializing app. The splash form comes up fine... but the components on it aren't visible during the startup.

I've tried the following with a lot of variations but the splash components just won't show. Am I missing a step somewhere?

var i:Integer;
begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
  With TForm2.Create(nil) do
  Try
    for i:=1 to MaxStopwatches do
    Begin
      Application.CreateForm(TForm2, NewStopwatches[i]);
      Progressbar1.position:=i
    End;
  Finally
    free
  End;
  Application.Run;
end.