Hi Erik,

>BTW, timers can be pretty resource sucking too.

I agree, but not hardly as instciateing an IE. What if you can't find the GIF you want, then you will have to draw image by image and compile them into an animated GIF, sound familiar. Don't get me wrong, I'm not religous on the Timer or anything and I'm not disagreeing with you.

I do feel that an AVI is the best way to go, however.