title: Can a WPF-style splash screen be achieved in a Forms application?
body: <p>Whilst playing around with resources in my visual studio 10 project, I came across a build action called "Splash Screen", which led me to find this article on the <a href="http://tozon.info/blog/post/2008/08/11/Splash-Screen-in-WPF.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">neat splash screen capabilities of WPF</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Hunting around, I found this MSDN article on <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446493.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">making a splash screen in Windows Forms</a>, but it's a different type of approach: rather than loading the splash screen using native code before the app loads, the WinForms version simply displays it whilst the main form is initialising.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to achieve this superior type of splash screen in a WinForms app?</p>