/// <summary>
/// Initializes an instance of the starter form.
/// The starter form shows a splashscreen and initializes the plugin infrastructure.
/// </summary>
public StarterForm()
: base() {
InitializeComponent();
largeImageList.Images.Add(HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure.Resources.HeuristicLab.ToBitmap());
largeImageList.Images.Add(HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure.Resources.UpdateAvailable.ToBitmap());
smallImageList.Images.Add(HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure.Resources.HeuristicLab.ToBitmap());
smallImageList.Images.Add(HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure.Resources.UpdateAvailable.ToBitmap());
Text = "HeuristicLab " + AssemblyHelpers.GetFileVersion(GetType().Assembly);
string pluginPath = Path.GetFullPath(Application.StartupPath);
pluginManager = new PluginManager(pluginPath);
splashScreen = new SplashScreen(pluginManager, 1000);
splashScreen.VisibleChanged += new EventHandler(splashScreen_VisibleChanged);
splashScreen.Show(this, "Loading HeuristicLab...");
pluginManager.DiscoverAndCheckPlugins();
UpdateApplicationsList();
CheckUpdatesAvailableAsync();
}