]),
 
     ('Windows', ['wxFrame', 'wxDialog', 'wxMiniFrame',
                                 ]),
 
     ('Windows', ['wxFrame', 'wxDialog', 'wxMiniFrame',
                   'wxTreeCtrl', 'wxSpinButton', 'wxSpinCtrl', 'wxStaticText',
                   'wxStaticBitmap', 'wxRadioBox', 'wxSlider', 'wxToolBar',
                   'wxCalendarCtrl', 'wxToggleButton',
                   'wxTreeCtrl', 'wxSpinButton', 'wxSpinCtrl', 'wxStaticText',
                   'wxStaticBitmap', 'wxRadioBox', 'wxSlider', 'wxToolBar',
                   'wxCalendarCtrl', 'wxToggleButton',
                   ]),
 
     ('Window Layout', ['wxLayoutConstraints', 'LayoutAnchors', 'Sizers', 'XML_Resource']),
                   ]),
 
     ('Window Layout', ['wxLayoutConstraints', 'LayoutAnchors', 'Sizers', 'XML_Resource']),
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-class MyApp(wxApp):
-    def OnInit(self):
-        wxInitAllImageHandlers()
+class MySplashScreen(wxSplashScreen):
+    def __init__(self):
+        bmp = wxImage('bitmaps/splash.gif').ConvertToBitmap()
+        wxSplashScreen.__init__(self, bmp,
+                                wxSPLASH_CENTRE_ON_SCREEN|wxSPLASH_TIMEOUT,
+                                4000, None, -1)
+        EVT_CLOSE(self, self.OnClose)
-        self.splash = SplashScreen(None, bitmapfile='bitmaps/splash.gif',
-                                   duration=4000, callback=self.AfterSplash)
-        self.splash.Show(true)
-        wxYield()
-        return true
-
-
-    def AfterSplash(self):
-        self.splash.Close(true)
+    def OnClose(self, evt):
         if showTip:
             tp = wxCreateFileTipProvider("data/tips.txt", index)
             showTip = wxShowTip(frame, tp)
         if showTip:
             tp = wxCreateFileTipProvider("data/tips.txt", index)
             showTip = wxShowTip(frame, tp)