How can I pause a Java splash screen from a batch file?

Question

I have the simple batch file code, which is working:

set path=%path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin
javac C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\batchFileTest\GUI.java
java -splash:images/splashImage.jpg GUI

However, it only takes like 1 second for my GUI class-file to load, and then the splash-screen immediately closes and launches the program.

I want to make the splash-screen wait for 5 seconds. My idea was to first execute the splash-screen without the class-file, to use TIMEOUT , and then to execute the class-file like this:

set path=%path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin
javac C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\batchFileTest\GUI.java
java -splash:images/splashImage.jpg
TIMEOUT 5
java GUI

This isn't working correctly either. The splash-screen is then displayed for some milliseconds and is closed immediately. The command-line then waits for 5 seconds, and then the program is launched.

Any ideas on how to correctly do this from a batch file?

Answer 1

Thanks to Greg here, I have a solution where I am delaying the splash-screen from the main method using Thread.sleep .

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Here is the batch file:

class GUI {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    try {
         Thread.sleep(5000); // the parameter is in milliseconds

    catch(InterruptedException e) {
         System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }

    /*
     * do whatever stuff here
     */
  }
} // end of GUI

...and here is the class with the main method:

 class GUI { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Thread.sleep(5000); // the parameter is in milliseconds catch(InterruptedException e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } /* * do whatever stuff here */ } } // end of GUI