Animated GIFs are not media files - you can start and stop them, they will just loop. You can restart them I suppose by reloading the image, but there's no way to stop them short of removing the image.

I don't think animated gifs can be transparent.

All of this is based on GDI+ features in VFP so you can check the capabilities by checking GDI+ specs.

+++ Rick ---

>>You can to use VFP Image Control.
>
>Hi Erick!
>Thanks for that one.
>I didn't noticed that in VFP8 it's possible to use the picture control in animated GIFs. I was using VFP6 before. I still have two small questions.
>1. I'm not seeing any controls to STOP and PLAY again.
>2. If the GIF has a transparent background will that be transparent in the form too?
>
>Thanks again!