I got gif89.dll from here (UT) I added it as a active-x registered componet and just droped it onto the form via the active-x forms control toolbar
>>One of the forms yes, but the other just has about 20 command buttons and 12 textboxes and a few "shapes", and they both have the "Gif89.dll" for animated gifs [snip]
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>Kind of OT here, but could you share a code example of how you are using the GIF89 DLL?