GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

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Mar 25th, 2002, 09:56 PM
Bruce Fox

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GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF
I thought I'd post this .dll as It took a little time to find.

I have successfully used it...

USE:
1. Unzip and copy the DLL into the Windows System Directory,
2. Register it using Start/Run: regsvr32 C:\Windows\System\Gif89.dll
3. Add the Component to ur project.

Done.

I have used it like this - it works ( I hope I have it right).. someone :)
VB Code:
```
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Gif89a1.FileName = App.Path & "\Jerboa.gif"
End Sub
```
Credit to Mc Brain for the direction :D
Mar 25th, 2002, 09:57 PM
crptcblade

I believe there is also a Start (or Play) and Stop method for animated gifs

:)
Mar 25th, 2002, 10:00 PM
John McKernan

should be useful, thanx
Mar 25th, 2002, 10:07 PM
Pc_Madness

Hey thats pretty good. I had to set Embed to True, if anyone else is having an trouble with that.

With this

Quote:

2. Register it using the Start/Run -regsvr32 C:\Windows\System\Gif89.dll

Can I use that to register msvbvm60.dll??
Its normally installed on a System if you use a Setup Program for your app. And what about OCX's?? I've tried to test my programs on school computers, 95 don't have msvbnm60.dll, 98 do, but they don't have some of the OCX's that I'm using.

Also, if I want to have that on a Splash screen, that dll will be included in the Setup Program, yes?
Mar 25th, 2002, 10:11 PM
Bruce Fox

Quote:

Originally posted by Pc_Madness
Hey thats pretty good. I had to set Embed to True, if anyone else is having an trouble with that.

Hmm, I just did it the way I posted?
Mar 25th, 2002, 10:27 PM
Pc_Madness

Yeah well, I had an filename in and when I ran it, it wasn't visible. So I just played trial and error.

I think this thread should be kept at the top for a while. So many people ask how to add animated gifs.
Mar 25th, 2002, 10:35 PM
Bruce Fox

Quote:

Originally posted by Pc_Madness
I think this thread should be kept at the top for a while. So many people ask how to add animated gifs.

Realisticly, If someone need the DLL, its here when they do a
'search' :D
Mar 25th, 2002, 10:37 PM
Pc_Madness

Pfft

Well if they want to search, they'll goto Planet Source Code or Vbcode.com
Mar 25th, 2002, 11:37 PM
Nucleus

This is the best solution that I have come across:

No external dependency, lightweight, guaranteed to work with all animated gifs, works with transarent background gifs and much more control:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...660#post876660
Mar 26th, 2002, 12:17 AM
Bruce Fox

Good point Nucleus,

I was playing with that (code) this morrning.

I have a slight problem,

My frames 'jump' as some of them are different dimentions.
ie, only part of the 'Original' frame has changed, so that part has been re-drawn, and therefore my images appear to jump.

What am I missing?
Do I need to set Height and Width of something?

Cheers,
Mar 26th, 2002, 12:34 AM
Nucleus

Quote:

Originally posted by Bruce Fox
Good point Nucleus,

I was playing with that (code) this morrning.

I have a slight problem,

My frames 'jump' as some of them are different dimentions.
ie, only part of the 'Original' frame has changed, so that part has been re-drawn, and therefore my images appear to jump.

What am I missing?
Do I need to set Height and Width of something?

Cheers,

Hiya Bruce, I am actually in Melb today, in the North Rialto tower, what can I say about the weather, trully Melbournian!

About your animated gif, post it here and I'll take a look at it.
Mar 26th, 2002, 01:34 AM
Pc_Madness

This thread is worthy of a *bump*
Mar 26th, 2002, 03:04 AM
Pc_Madness

Quote:

Hey thats pretty good. I had to set Embed to True, if anyone else is having an trouble with that.

Hmm..... I just added it on another project and I didn't need to set Embed to True...... weirdness.

Is there a way of having the gif play to repeat forever?
Mar 26th, 2002, 03:10 AM
Bruce Fox

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Originally posted by Nucleus

Hiya Bruce, I am actually in Melb today, in the North Rialto tower, what can I say about the weather, trully Melbournian!

About your animated gif, post it here and I'll take a look at it.

Well what can I tell you.... we missed out on Summer :(
How long you here till?

Heres the zip too, would just be nice to have this as a method
to display gifs aswell :)

Regards,
Bruce.
Mar 26th, 2002, 06:29 PM
Nucleus

In Melbourne until tonight 6:30, 2 days straight of miserable weather, oh well :(

Ok, I can see what you mean. I haven't come across an animation like that before. I don't think it is going to be hard to do that animation, you just need to persist the initial frame then draw the new frame over the initial one. If you could only deduce where to place each frame relative to the first, it would be easy, and you wouldn't need to play around with it until you get it perfect....

If you have this sort of animation, and it works with Gif89, then I'd use that instead of making myself go crazy. If it failed with Gif89, then I'd go to the trouble of manually animating it.
Mar 26th, 2002, 08:03 PM
Bruce Fox

Hey Nucleus,

I stripped out each frame using InfraView - worked well :)

It would appear that the frames were redrawn at the correct
location in the original, and may have lost that alignment in the
conversion.

It does work well using the Gif98 dll tho.

I am now converting some .avi files to use with your example
and experiment :D
(using InfraView - mmmm for a viewer....... powerful!)

Hopefully we can give u an hour or two of Sun before u go :)

Cheers,
Bruce
May 10th, 2002, 09:00 AM

Any source for this DLL?
May 29th, 2004, 09:50 PM
Iat

Is it possible to do this? I want to load the image into the application instead of loading it from disk drive. This way, when I compile it to an .exe, I don't have to include the image file.

Gif89a1.FileName = Form2.Image1

Thanks in advance,
Jul 13th, 2005, 02:43 PM
David.Poundall

Re: GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

Does anyone know how to use the speed or autosize properties in this superb dll ?
Jul 13th, 2005, 03:17 PM
dglienna

Re: GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

I used my snow avatar, and the snow falls for a split second only. What do I have to do to get it the snow to repeat? I couldn't get the speed property to work, either. Maybe as it is only a few frames.
Jul 13th, 2005, 03:37 PM
rm_03

Re: GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

Quote:

Originally Posted by David.Poundall

Does anyone know how to use the speed or autosize properties in this superb dll ?

Try this control:
http://pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCod...59884&lngWId=1
Jul 13th, 2005, 04:58 PM
David.Poundall

Re: GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

Superb link rm_3 thank you.
Jul 13th, 2005, 05:40 PM
David.Poundall

Re: GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

I am trying to buyild an OCX from the excellent code in the link that RM_03 gave vabove, but it keeps hitting me with

"No Public User Control"

Having not got into user controls at all yet, I havn't got a clue as to what is going off. Previously with OCX source I have just compiled and that was it. Can someone have a look with me and figure out what is missing?

TIA
Jul 13th, 2005, 05:51 PM
David.Poundall

Re: GIF89a.dll - Used to Display a GIF

Sorted - Class has to be set to GlobalMulituse.

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