<![CDATA[[solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message]]>i created a splashscreen for my application; however, it shows the splashscreen and then disappears but it does not show its message like loading modules and establish connections through the showMessage(). why?

attached is my code

@
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "mobile.h"
#include <QSplashScreen>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);

QPixmap pixmap(":/images/mobile.jpg");
 QSplashScreen *splash = new QSplashScreen(pixmap);
 splash->show();
 a.processEvents();



 //Qt::Alignment topRight = Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignTop;
    splash->showMessage("Setting up the main window...");
                           //topRight, Qt::white);

a.processEvents();
splash->showMessage("Loading modules...");
//topRight, Qt::white);

a.processEvents();

        splash->showMessage("Establishing connections...");
                               //topRight, Qt::white);

a.processEvents();

mobile w;
w.show();
splash->finish(&w);
delete splash;


return a.exec(&#41;;

}
@

[edit: Code highlighted / Denis Kormalev]

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/1911/solved-shows-splashscreen-but-does-not-show-its-messageRSS for NodeSun, 17 May 2026 20:49:26 GMTThu, 25 Nov 2010 03:04:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:49:34 GMT]]>[quote author="Denis Kormalev" date="1290689201"]Maybe you are just showing black text on a black splashscreen?[/quote]

Yeah, seems to be truth

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/60849https://forum.qt.io/post/60849Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:49:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:46:41 GMT]]>Maybe you are just showing black text on a black splashscreen?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/60757https://forum.qt.io/post/60757Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:46:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:07:14 GMT]]>Hi,
I took the code and added a sleep, as the comments for do some stuff will not take time :-)
This code shows the texts:
@/**

  • this class is used to call sleep, as msleep is a protected function of QThread
    /
    class CxTestSleepThread : public QThread
    {
    public:
    /    *
    • this method is used to call sleep, as msleep is a protected function of
    • QThread
    • @param nMSecs milliseconds to sleep
      */
      static void mySleep(int nMSecs)
      {
      msleep(nMSecs);
      }
      };

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);

QScopedPointer<QSplashScreen> splash(new QSplashScreen(QPixmap(":/splash")));
splash->show();
splash->showMessage(QSplashScreen::tr("Loading..."), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignHCenter, Qt::white);
app.processEvents();

CxTestSleepThread::mySleep(500);
// some code

splash->showMessage(QSplashScreen::tr("Settings Manager: loading saved settings"), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignHCenter, Qt::white);
app.processEvents();

CxTestSleepThread::mySleep(500);
// loading settings

splash->showMessage(QSplashScreen::tr("Plugin Manager: loading plugins"), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignHCenter, Qt::white);
app.processEvents();

CxTestSleepThread::mySleep(500);
// loading plugins

MainWindow w;
w.setWindowTitle(app.applicationName());
w.showMaximized();
splash->finish(&w);
return app.exec();

}
@

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/60718https://forum.qt.io/post/60718Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:07:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:57:55 GMT]]>i tried ur sample code; however, it still does not show the message on the splashscreen

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/60714https://forum.qt.io/post/60714Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:57:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:32:06 GMT]]>BTW, working sample:

But, i used QScoperPointer. You can replace it to standart pointer or non-pointer class instance.

@QApplication app(argc, argv);

QScopedPointer<QSplashScreen> splash(new QSplashScreen(QPixmap(":/splash")));
splash->show();
splash->showMessage(QSplashScreen::tr("Loading..."), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignHCenter, Qt::black);
app.processEvents();

// some code

splash->showMessage(QSplashScreen::tr("Settings Manager: loading saved settings"), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignHCenter, Qt::black);
app.processEvents();

// loading settings

splash->showMessage(QSplashScreen::tr("Plugin Manager: loading plugins"), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignHCenter, Qt::black);
app.processEvents();

// loading plugins

MainWindow w;
w.setWindowTitle(app.applicationName());
w.showMaximized();
splash->finish(&w);
int rslt = app.exec(); @
]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/60701https://forum.qt.io/post/60701Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:32:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [solved]shows splashscreen but does not show its message on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:28:43 GMT]]>bad formating, making code hard to understand.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/60698https://forum.qt.io/post/60698Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:28:43 GMT