Added a splashscreen to on application startup.

git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk@448 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c

src/Makefile.am

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ qgis_SOURCES =  qgisapp.cpp \
 				qgssymbol.h\
 				qgsmapserverexport.cpp \
 				qgsmapserverexport.h \
+				splashscreen.h \
+				splashscreen.cpp \
 				qtiffio.cpp \
 				qtiffio.h \
 				$(qgis_UI)\
@@ -104,7 +106,8 @@ qgis_MOC = 	qgisappbase.moc.cpp \
 			qgsshapefilelayer.moc.cpp \
 			qgsmapserverexportbase.moc.cpp \
 			qgsmapserverexport.moc.cpp \
-			qgshelpviewer.moc.cpp
+			qgshelpviewer.moc.cpp \
+			splashscreen.moc.cpp
 qgis_UI = qgisappbase.h\
 			qgisappbase.cpp\
 			qgslegenditembase.h\

src/main.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <qtextcodec.h>
 #include <qtranslator.h>
 #include <qstyle.h>
+#include <qpixmap.h>
+#include <splashscreen.h>
 //#include "qgis.h"
 #include "qgisapp.h"
 
@@ -29,6 +31,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 
 	QApplication a(argc, argv);
+	   //
+	// Set up the splash screen
+	//
+	SplashScreen *mySplash = new SplashScreen(  );
+	mySplash->setStatus("Loading QGis...");
+
 	// a.setFont(QFont("helvetica", 11));
 	QTranslator tor(0);
 	// set the location where your .qm files are in load() below as the last parameter instead of "."
@@ -45,7 +53,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	qgis->show();
 	a.connect(&a, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()), &a, SLOT(quit()));
 
-
+        mySplash->finish( qgis );
+        delete mySplash;
+        //
+        //turn control over to the main application loop...
+        //
 	int result = a.exec();
 
 	return result;

src/splashscreen.h

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+                          splashscreen.h  -  description
+                             -------------------
+    begin                : Sat May 17 2003
+    copyright            : (C) 2003 by Tim Sutton
+    email                : tim@linfiniti.com
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *  Based on an example by Trolltech                                                                       *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef SPLASHSCREEN_H
+#define SPLASHSCREEN_H
+
+#include <qpixmap.h>
+#include <qwidget.h>
+    
+/**A splash screen to show on application startup. Based on code found at: http://doc.trolltech.com/qq/qq04-splashscreen.html
+  *@author Tim Sutton
+  */
+
+
+class SplashScreen : public QWidget
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  SplashScreen();
+
+  void setStatus( const QString &message, int alignment = AlignLeft, const QColor &color = black );
+  void finish( QWidget *mainWin );
+  void repaint();
+
+protected:
+  void mousePressEvent( QMouseEvent * );
+
+private:
+  QPixmap image0;
+};
+
+#endif