Splash Screen in QTVCP

Hello, I am building a new GUI based on QTVCP, I have a small doubt how I could first show a splash screen before launching the GUI, the loading of the GUI is not handled from the driver file, if anyone has any ideas, thanks in advance

in the INI:

INTRO_GRAPHIC = emc2.gif - The image shown on the splash screen.
INTRO_TIME = 5 - The maximum time to show the splash screen, in seconds

linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/config/ini-config.html

Would that work for you?

Hello cmorley, great idea, I have created a gif file and I have tried it this way, the splash screen loads but the animation of the gif file does not run, I don't know if an animation can be achieved using this method, anyway I was thinking of a splash screen coded in python code, a progress bar with a loading percentage, some more ideas would be welcome.

Depends how you want it to work.
Usually one uses a splash screen to entertain the user while other stuff is working in the background. The linuxcnc script is what is setting linuxcnc up. It's a cryptic bash script.

The linuxcnc script runs a TCL script (popimage) that displays the image.
There is no facility for a user to pick a different program to display an image.
You could modify the linuxcnc script though.

Now you could add an image display to qtvcp screen code but it would display later in the loading procedure. Maybe that's ok.

You could also test just loading a program with HAL in the INI.

[HAL]
HALCMD = loadusr SOME_PROGRAM MY_GIF

But if you want a useful progress bar I think the linuxcnc scrpt is where it should be.
Could you clarify exactly how you want it to work or why you want it?

I tried this and it worked prety well- I downloaded a cnc gif and it looked better: resize on the linuxcnc gif doiesn't have an effect.

HALCMD = loadusr animate /home/chris/emc/linuxcnc-wizard.gif -delay 50 -loop 40 -backdrop -resize 150%

order matters:

HALCMD = loadusr animate /home/chris/emc/linuxcnc-wizard.gif -delay 50 -loop 40 -resize 200% -backdrop

Hello Cmorley, thanks for the response, I will try this method, I have no particular goal in showing a splash screen, simply aesthetic, although it is good to know that the linuxcnc script is the correct file to code this function, I will try this more afternoon thanks for your help