XL98: How to Create a Startup Screen with a UserForm

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SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel 98, you can use a custom UserForm and a Visual Basic for Applications macro to create a startup screen (splash screen). This article describes how to create a custom splash screen for a specific workbook.

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A splash screen is a screen that is displayed for a designated amount of time when you start a program. You can create a UserForm and run a macro to simulate a splash screen. After a specified amount of time elapses, the macro hides the dialog box without any user interaction. To create a sample splash screen, use the following steps.

Create a Workbook_Open Macro

1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. With the workbook active, start the Visual Basic Editor (press 

   OPTION+F11).
3. Click Project Explorer on the View menu to display the Project Explorer 
   window.
4. In the Project Explorer window, double-click ThisWorkbook in the 
   current project.
5. In the Object drop-down, click Workbook.

6. Enter the code so that the Workbook_Open procedure resembles the 

   following:

      Private Sub Workbook_Open()

        UserForm1.Show ' Show the form each time the workbook is opened

      End Sub

Create a Form and a Userform_Activate Macro

1. Click UserForm on the Insert menu.

2. Double-click the UserForm.

3. In the Procedure drop-down, click Activate.

4. Enter the code so that the UserForm_Activate procedure resembles the 

   following:

      Private Sub UserForm_Activate()

        Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("00:00:05") ' Wait 5 seconds
        UserForm1.Hide                               ' Hide the form

      End Sub
5. Click Microsoft Excel on the View menu, and then save and close the 
   workbook.
When you reopen the workbook, the form will appear for 5 seconds, and then disappear.

Additional query words: dialog XL98 

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta EPUCon KbVBA 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999