Splash screen which actually preloads the program

[jobbogamer]

Hi,

I'm working on a Java application, and it takes a while to start up since it has a lot of stuff it loads before the GUI gets shown. I'd like to add a splash screen so that it's obvious the program is opening, but the components still get preloaded while the splash is showing.

I guess it has something to do with threading, but I don't really understand threads. Is anyone able to help out?

Thanks in advance!

[Gox]

Java 5 or 6 (can't remember which) added some handy classes to help with splash screens.

Having not made one myself I'll point you to the documentation
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tu...ashscreen.html
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/...ashScreen.html

[jobbogamer]

Thanks Gox, that was really helpful.