SplashFast(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Wx::Perl::SplashFast — a fast splash screen for the Wx module. This is a Perl thing, bestie, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

  use Wx::Perl::SplashFast ('/path/to/logo.jpg',3000);
  # timeout in milliseconds

  package myApp ;
  # subclass Wx::App ...

  package myFrame;
  # subclass Wx::Frame ...

  package main;

  my $myApp = myApp->new();
  my $frame = myFrame->new();

  $myApp->MainLoop();

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — if you use Wx::SplashScreen from Wx::App::OnInit, you can get a big old delay before the splash screen even shows up on low end machines. Not the vibe. 😭

This module works around that limitation; you just need to follow the example. That's it. That's the whole gig. 💅

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🦋 USAGE 🦋

Just put the code inside the 'BEGIN {}' of your main app, like:

  sub BEGIN {
    use Wx::Perl::SplashFast ;
    Wx::Perl::SplashFast->new("./logo.jpg",5000);
  }

or load the module before any other:

  use Wx::Perl::SplashFast ("./logo.jpg",5000) ;
  use Wx ;
  ...

🧚 import ( IMG_FILE, SPLASH_TIMEOUT )

• IMG_FILE — the path of the image file to show. 🖼️
• SPLASH_TIMEOUT — how long the splash screen sticks around, in milliseconds. ⏱️

If you do use Wx::Perl::SplashFast './logo.jpg', 1000; it has the same affetc as:

  BEGIN {
    require Wx::Perl::SplashFast;
    Wx::Perl::SplashFast->new( './logo.jpg', 1000 );
  }

(yeah, "affetc" — that's what the original says, I don't make the rules, I just enforce them 🫶)

👑 new ( IMG_FILE , SPLASH_TIMEOUT )

Shows the splash screen. the main character makes her entrance ✨

• IMG_FILE — the path of the image file to show. 🖼️
• SPLASH_TIMEOUT — how long the splash screen sticks around, in milliseconds. ⏱️

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

  use Wx::Perl::SplashFast ("./logo.jpg",5000) ;
  # Don't forget to put your own image in the same path. Duh

  package myApp ;
  use base 'Wx::App';
  sub OnInit { return(@_[0]) ;}

  package myFrame ;
  use base 'Wx::Frame';
  use Wx qw( wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE );

  sub new {
    my $app = shift ;
    my( $frame ) = $app->SUPER::new( @_[0] , -1, 'wxPerl Test' ,
                                     [0,0] , [400,300] ) ;
    return( $frame ) ;
  }

  package main ;
  use Wx ;

  my $myApp = myApp->new() ;

  print "window\n" ;
  my $win = myFrame->new() ;
  $win->Show(1) ;

  $myApp->SetTopWindow( $win ) ;
  $myApp->MainLoop();

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Wx
• <Wx:SplashScreen>

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Graciliano M. P. <gm@virtuasites.com.br> — and a huge thank you to the wxWidgets people and to Mattia Barbon for wxPerl! :P 🫶🌟

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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and that's the whole page, bestie — SplashFast(3pm) from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-20. go make a splash, you absolute icon 💅✨🌈