How to close splash screen?

Question

I developed a screen of splash for my application. It is working perfectly, it opens and directs to the Form2. But I realized that by closing the Form2, I have to stop debugging through Visual Studio because it seems splash is active. I used the following code below in the method Timer1:

private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if(progressBar1.Value < 100){
                progressBar1.Value = progressBar1.Value + 2;
            }
            else
            {
                timer1.Enabled = false;
                this.Visible = false;
                Form1 direcionar = new Form1();
                direcionar.ShowDialog();
            }
        }

My concern is that when installing the app on another computer, the splash will remain active in memory, in positive case, as I would do so that when closing the app, the splash would also be terminated and not just invisible.

See the image below. I closed the app, but it continues debugging.

Answer 1

Just give a this.Close() (assuming that the screen of splash is the this) the moment you think you should. The method Close() makes the form available to be removed from memory. It does not need anything else. If this variable is no longer referenced elsewhere, at the appropriate time, Garbage colletor will release all resources that have been allocated to it. O . NET has managed memory and you do not need to worry about these things, just use right: ensure that the feature was terminated as shown above and have no more references to it that can keep you alive even if it is not shown. Would something like this:

private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    if (progressBar1.Value < 100){
        progressBar1.Value = progressBar1.Value + 2;
    } else {
        timer1.Enabled = false;
        this.Close();
        var direcionar = new Form1(); //isto provavelmente não pode estar aqui.
        direcionar.ShowDialog();
    }
}

I put in the Github for future reference.

But only this will probably not solve the memory consumption because this object will be active preventing it from being collected. Also, I don’t remember the consequences, but if you close a form that created another one will either give error or will keep the object active.

The way you’re building the splash screen will be your main screen and will never actually be destroyed or will be destroyed by terminating the application. Or you reverse this situation, that is, create a main form and temporarily call splash screen within this form or what I would do is separate the two forms, something like that (simply speaking):

Application.Run(new SplashForm());
Application.Run(new MainForm());

One response in the OS with another way of doing . NET already has the infrastructure to perform the task.

Answer 2

You can put this code "Application.Exit();" at Formclosed and Formclosing to kill your Splash app for good