Splash window

At start-up, while the main frame is being created, but before it is displayed, a splash window will appear indicating "Unravel program is now running". In most cases the time the splash window remains in view is likely to be fairly brief. Most of the start-up delay arises from the loading (including security checking) of the Unravel Java program by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), rather than from running the program (the relevant delay being the time between the execution of the program's first instruction and the appearance of the main frame). The former is outside the scope of the splash window.