How to Know When Previous Lines Have Been Processed in Form_Load?

[nicebasic]

I'm writing a program in VB. When the program loads, I have to put some code in Form_Load to be processed. After that, an audio file should be played to show that the program is ready to work.

My problem is that I can't know when the previous lines in the Form_Load have finished processing to be able to start playing an audio file.

Imagine that you have to do large arithmetic calculations in Form_Load to allow the program be ready. Many programs put a Splash screen to let the user know that the program has been started and make him/her wait for some time.

If I hide my form when it starts and show it in the last line of Form_Load, that doesn't solve the problem either.

My problem is this:

1. How to show a form named "frmSplash" immediately when my application starts and let the main form of the application "frmMain" be processed in the background?

2. When "frmMain" finishes processing, how can I know that it's finished processing to hide or Unload "frmSplash" and turn "frmMain" to visible?

I don't know how to use DoEvents. Can anyone help me solve this problem?

Thank you in advance.

[Guido Geurs]

Attached is an example.
The program starts with the FormSplash witch starts FormMain but isn't visible.
Formmain fills the textboxes.
When finished, FormSplash is invisible and FormMain becomes visible.

[Guido Geurs]

Maybe this is even better:
Start formmain but invisible and show the form with the loading info.
When loading is done, unload the form with info and make formmain visible. (see attachment)

[nicebasic]

Thank you, Mr. Guido Geurs,

You're really innovative. You have used a Frame to simulate a Progress Bar.

Thank you for your help and attention.

This version is much better.

Good luck.