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A simple application to show a title screen in the center of the screen
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/*
Java Swing, 2nd Edition
By Marc Loy, Robert Eckstein, Dave Wood, James Elliott, Brian Cole
ISBN: 0-596-00408-7
Publisher: O'Reilly
*/
// SplashScreen.java
//A simple application to show a title screen in the center of the screen
//for the amount of time given in the constructor. This class includes
//a sample main() method to test the splash screen, but it's meant for use
//with other applications.
//
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
public class SplashScreen extends JWindow {
private int duration;
public SplashScreen(int d) {
duration = d;
}
// A simple little method to show a title screen in the center
// of the screen for the amount of time given in the constructor
public void showSplash() {
JPanel content = (JPanel) getContentPane();
content.setBackground(Color.white);
// Set the window's bounds, centering the window
int width = 450;
int height = 115;
Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
int x = (screen.width - width) / 2;
int y = (screen.height - height) / 2;
setBounds(x, y, width, height);
// Build the splash screen
JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("1.gif"));
JLabel copyrt = new JLabel("Copyright 2002, O'Reilly & Associates",
JLabel.CENTER);
copyrt.setFont(new Font("Sans-Serif", Font.BOLD, 12));
content.add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
content.add(copyrt, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
Color oraRed = new Color(156, 20, 20, 255);
content.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(oraRed, 10));
// Display it
setVisible(true);
// Wait a little while, maybe while loading resources
try {
Thread.sleep(duration);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
setVisible(false);
}
public void showSplashAndExit() {
showSplash();
System.exit(0);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Throw a nice little title page up on the screen first
SplashScreen splash = new SplashScreen(10000);
// Normally, we'd call splash.showSplash() and get on with the program.
// But, since this is only a test...
splash.showSplashAndExit();
}
}
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