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Display Animated Gif Within Your Program

This tip will explain you how to use the WebBrowser ActiveX control to
display animated gif file within your program.

Preparations

Add the WebBrowser ActiveX control to your form. go to 'Tools' (in VB
4.0) then choose 'Custom Controls', then mark the 'Microsoft Internet
Controls' check box, and press OK.
Note - you must have Internet Explorer 3.0 or greater installed in your
computer to have this ActiveX control.

Form Code

Private Sub Form_Load()
'Replace 'C:\myDir\myFile.gif' with your GIF file.
'the following two lines should be written in one line
WebBrowser1.Navigate "about:<html><body scroll='no'><img
src='C:\myDir\myFile.gif'></img></body></html>"
End Sub

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