Animated Gif On Form

please help me how i can place a animated gif on my vb form with out adding images to the image list and using timer.. if any free componets exist help me

I have an activeX control which lets you do it called gif89.dll (which I've attached zipped). Just place it in the same directory as your VB app. You must also, when in VB, click the project menu, from there click components and add the file by browsing and locating it.