[AccessD] Using Animated GIF file on a form

Hi Stuart

Cute! Never noticed that animation control.

/gustav


>> Is there a way to use an animated GIF file on a form?

> Just had a quick look at this one.  You can do it with an AVI using 
> the Microsoft Animation control. That means that you will have to 
> convert your animated to gif to avi using one of the available 
> conversion tools.  Here's a few possibilities:

> Shareware/Commercial ware:
> Gif Construction Set from Alchemy Mindworks
> AVI-GIF from http://www.fileheaven.com/AVI-GIF/download/582.htm

> Free for non-commercial use: 
> fmp141.zip from http://hem.spray.se/joakim.slettengren/


> Once you have converted it to an AVI it's a case of:

> On a form, select Insert - ActiveXControl and Select "Microsoft 
> Animation Control Version 6.0" or whatever version you have.

> Then you just need to use three methods

> Load the animation into the control with:
> ActiveXCtlAnim.Open  "avifilename.avi" 

> Run the animation with:
> ActiveXCtlAnim.Start and ActiveXCtlAnim.Stop


> There's a demo of using the animation control in A2K at 
> http://www.lexacorp.com.pg/Misc/A2kAnimDemo.zip 
> (it's only 23K zipped up). 

> Just unzip the .mdb and the .avi into the same directory and open the 
> .mdb