Professional VCL splash screen component for Delphi 10.3 Rio and later

DFSplashScreen

Professional VCL splash screen component for Delphi 10.3 Rio and later.

• Website: delphifan.com
• Email: adsdelphi@gmail.com
• Version: 1.0.0
• License: MIT

Drop TDFSplashScreen on a form, or create it in your .dpr before the main form is created. Size, colors, opacity, rounded corners, logo, background image, progress bar, and fade in/out are all published properties.

Requirements

• Delphi 10.3 Rio or newer
• VCL (Win32 / Win64)

Quick start (no package install)

Add these units to your project:

• Source/DFSplashScreen.Types.pas
• Source/DFSplashScreen.Form.pas
• Source/DFSplashScreen.pas

Then show the splash while the application starts:

program MyApp;

uses
  Vcl.Forms,
  DFSplashScreen in 'Source\DFSplashScreen.pas',
  DFSplashScreen.Types in 'Source\DFSplashScreen.Types.pas',
  DFSplashScreen.Form in 'Source\DFSplashScreen.Form.pas',
  uMain in 'uMain.pas' {frmMain};
var
  Splash: TDFSplashScreen;
begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
  Splash := TDFSplashScreen.Create(nil);
  try
    Splash.Theme := stDark;
    Splash.Title := 'My Application';
    Splash.Subtitle := 'Loading, please wait';
    Splash.AppVersion := 'Version 1.0.0';
    Splash.Copyright := 'Copyright (c) 2026';
    Splash.Width := 520;
    Splash.Height := 300;
    Splash.Opacity := 245;        // 0..255
    Splash.CornerRadius := 16;
    Splash.ShowSplash;
    Splash.UpdateProgress(30, 'Creating forms...');
    Application.CreateForm(TfrmMain, frmMain);
    Splash.UpdateProgress(100, 'Ready');
    Splash.HideSplash;
  finally
    Splash.Free;
  end;
  Application.Run;
end.

Install into the IDE (optional)

Do not right-click the project group. Install is only on the package project.

1. In Delphi: File → Close All.
2. File → Open Packages\DFSplashScreen.dproj (the .dproj, not the .groupproj).
3. Confirm 32-bit Windows.
4. Project → Options → Description → Usage = Designtime and runtime.
5. Right-click DFSplashScreen.bpl in Project Manager.
6. Click Install (Turkish IDE: Yükle).

TDFSplashScreen appears on the DF Controls palette.

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If the menu still has Run instead of Install, the file was opened as an application: close it and open Packages\DFSplashScreen.dproj again.

You can still create the component in code; installing is only needed for dropping it on a form at design time.

Demo

Open Demo/DFSplashScreenDemo.dproj, compile, and run. The demo starts with a splash, then lets you change theme, width, height, opacity, radius, colors, logo, background image, and progress style live.

Themes

ThemeDescriptionstDarkDefault dark UIstLightLight UIstMidnightGitHub-style dark bluestOceanTeal accentstSunsetWarm accentstCustomYour own colors

Changing a color property automatically switches the theme to stCustom.

Main properties

PropertyDefaultMeaningTitle, Subtitle, Statussample textHeadline and status lineAppVersion, Copyrightsample textFooterWidth, Height520 x 300Logical size at 96 DPI (auto-scaled)Opacity245Window transparency (0 = invisible, 255 = opaque)CornerRadius16Rounded corners (0 = square)AccentColorWindows-style blueTop bar and progressBackgroundColor, BackgroundAltdarkFill / gradient endTitleColor, TextColorwhite / grayTextProgressColor, ProgressBackColoraccent / trackProgress barProgress, ProgressMin, ProgressMax0 / 0 / 100Determinate progressProgressStylepsBarpsBar, psMarquee, psHiddenProgressHeight4Bar thicknessLogo, LogoPosition, LogoSizeleft / 72PNG, JPEG, BMP, GIFBackgroundImage, OverlayDarkenempty / 80Full-bleed photo with dimmingGradientTrueVertical background gradientFadeInMs, FadeOutMs280 / 220Fade animationStayOnTopTrueAlways on topCloseOnClickFalseClick closes the splashAutoHideInterval0Auto hide after N milliseconds (0 = off)FontNameSegoe UITitle and body font

Main methods

Splash.ShowSplash;
Splash.UpdateStatus('Connecting...');
Splash.UpdateProgress(60, 'Loading modules...');
Splash.LoadLogo('C:\Brand\logo.png');
Splash.LoadBackground('C:\Brand\splash.jpg');
Splash.HideSplash;

Splash.Execute(
  procedure
  begin
    // your startup work
  end);

UpdateProgress and UpdateStatus are safe to call from a worker thread (they marshal to the main thread).

Events

• OnShow — after the splash is shown
• OnHide — after fade-out completes
• OnTimeout — when AutoHideInterval elapses

Tips

• Call ShowSplash before Application.CreateForm so users see feedback during a slow startup.
• HideSplash waits for the fade-out, so it is safe to Free immediately afterwards in the .dpr.
• Prefer PNG logos with transparency.
• Values for width, height, radius, and logo size are specified at 96 DPI and scaled for the current monitor.

https://github.com/delphifanforum/DfSplashScreen