>Hi Erik,
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>>you can use the WebBrowser ActiveX control for this fairly easily.
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>By this do you mean instanciate an IE? This is killer on resources to make a magnifing glass move around. Nov.97 FoxTalk has an article "FP supports animated imsages!" by Paul Russell, I think he suggests a timer class too.

The IE interface is available both as an ActiveX control, and through OLE automation. Starting an IE instance is a real hog on resources, but the ActiveX control is pretty tight. I can't tell a noticeable difference between calling an empty form, and one with the IE control on it.

As for the timer idea, this is great if you've got the time to create n separate image files, and feel like taking the time to write the code to orchestrate them. But animated gif files are available abundantly, and you can show them in a form with a single line of code using the WebBrowser:

THISFORM.oIE.Navigate("c:\myImage.gif")

BTW, timers can be pretty resource sucking too.