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Splash Screen for the VFP application

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The splash screen object hides your VFP application window, disables user input and displays series of text messages while some initialization or maintenance procedures running on the background.

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Created: 2002-03-26 21:51:02
Modified: 2008-12-03 15:26:21
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Listed functions:

BitBlt
BlockInput
CreateCompatibleDC
CreateFont
CreateWindowEx
DeleteDC
DeleteObject
DestroyWindow
GetActiveWindow
GetObject
GetSystemMetrics
GetWindowDC
LoadImage
MoveWindow
RealGetWindowClass
ReleaseDC
SelectObject
SetBkMode
SetTextColor
ShowWindow
TextOut

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