Running gif file

[Achmad M. Amin]

Please help me with running gif file which create with gif animator , or somebody
can help me to make my gif file look "live".
thanks

[Nancy Folsom \(MS FoxPro MVP\)]

"Achmad M. Amin" <ach.mad@purwokerto.wasantara.net.id> wrote in message
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>
> Please help me with running gif file which create with gif animator , or
somebody
> can help me to make my gif file look "live".

I found this site by searching on "gif animator" using my browser.

http://davecentral.com/524.html

No doubt you'll find more.

Also, MS Liquid Motion (I think) does gif animations.

[achmad]

sorry...i revise my question
I mean running file which create with gif animator with V. Foxpro, because
when i try it, it's like ordinary gif

[Nancy Folsom \(MS FoxPro MVP\)]

"achmad" <ach.mad@purwokerto.wasantara.net.id> wrote in message
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>
> sorry...i revise my question
> I mean running file which create with gif animator with V. Foxpro, because
> when i try it, it's like ordinary gif

Oh! I see! I misunderstood. I remember hearing that VFP doesn't support
animated gifs. I don't know if this is still true, or if there is a work
around.

[Nancy Folsom \(MS FoxPro MVP\)]

"achmad" <ach.mad@purwokerto.wasantara.net.id> wrote in message
news:38d933c3$1@news.devx.com...

> sorry...i revise my question
> I mean running file which create with gif animator with V. Foxpro, because
> when i try it, it's like ordinary gif

Sure enough. VFP doesn't support animated gifs as I remembered. Here's the
KB article on the subject:

PRB: Image Control Shows Only First Frame of Animated GIF
ID: Q189920



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The information in this article applies to:

a.. Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
Using an animated GIF file with the Visual FoxPro image control, only the
first frame of the animated GIF appears. This is also true for other areas
of the product that support GIF images.



CAUSE
Visual FoxPro does not support the animated GIF format. Only the GIF version
89a file format is supported.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
To reproduce the behavior, run the following code:

PUBLIC oForm

* Locate an animated GIF file
cMyAniGIF = GETPICT("GIF")

oForm=NewObject("form")
oForm.AddObject("MyImage","Image")
oForm.MyImage.Picture=cMyAniGIF
oForm.MyImage.Visible=.T.

oForm.Show
NOTE: Only the first frame of the animated .gif file is displayed in the
form.

Additional query words: kbVFp600 kbXBase


Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb

Last Reviewed: August 11, 1999
© 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.

[Garrett Fitzgerald]

In article <38d933c3$1@news.devx.com>,
ach.mad@purwokerto.wasantara.net.id (achmad) quoth...
>
> sorry...i revise my question
> I mean running file which create with gif animator with V. Foxpro, because
> when i try it, it's like ordinary gif

Have you tried viewing it with the Microsoft Web Browser control on a
form?
--
Garrett Fitzgerald
#INCLUDE "\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VFP98\stddsclm.h"
(Anyone who thinks I do anything vaguely resembling speaking for Microsoft
is sorely deluded...)

[Stuart Dunkeld]

"Achmad M. Amin" <ach.mad@purwokerto.wasantara.net.id> wrote:
>
>Please help me with running gif file which create with gif animator , or
somebody
>can help me to make my gif file look "live".
>thanks

There's a dll outh there called gif89.dll which you can use like an activex
control to play animated gifs in a foxpro form. It does work but i've never
used it in a production app.

hth,

Stuart

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On 22 Mar 2000 12:57:39 -0800, "achmad"
<ach.mad@purwokerto.wasantara.net.id> wrote:

>
>sorry...i revise my question
>I mean running file which create with gif animator with V. Foxpro, because
>when i try it, it's like ordinary gif

someone posted a reference to "Marchoso.OCX" which is very small,
simple and works well. You may try looking for that. I BELIEVE it is
freeware, though I may be mistaken.


Vince Teachout
Caracal Software
Stephentown, NY USA

[achmad]

>There's a dll outh there called gif89.dll which you can use like an activex
>control to play animated gifs in a foxpro form. It does work but i've never
>used it in a production app.

can you tell me how to use it ?
thanks a lot

regards,
achmad