Animated Gifs (Gif89.dll)

[Richard Krupa]

Hey guys,

I want to place animated gifs in my A97 mde file and ive found the
gif89.dll file to enable me to do this. Ive registered it and added a
reference to the file and have created my gif files. Everything works in
the MDB perfectly however when i try and compile it it complains that
the ActiveX control is not registered correctly but the gif89.dll file
did not come with any setup software so i dont understand how to
overcome this particular problem. The other odd thing is that i did
manage to get the MDB to compile with the activex control once,
everytime i try now it will not work for me.

What can i do to resolve this issue? is there another way i can add
animated gifs to my program?

Any help is appreciated!

Regards,
Richard

P.S. Ive posted this message to the ActiveX newsgroup, but also posting
here because ive never been able to get a reply from that newsgroup so i
appologise to those who may be on both.

 

[Arvin Meyer]

I don't know if it works with MDE's but knowing Stephen it probably does.
Try this:

http://www.lebans.com/animatedgifplayer.htm
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Richard Krupa]

Hey guys,

I want to place animated gifs in my A97 mde file and ive found the
gif89.dll file to enable me to do this. Ive registered it and added a
reference to the file and have created my gif files. Everything works in
the MDB perfectly however when i try and compile it it complains that
the ActiveX control is not registered correctly but the gif89.dll file
did not come with any setup software so i dont understand how to
overcome this particular problem. The other odd thing is that i did
manage to get the MDB to compile with the activex control once,
everytime i try now it will not work for me.

What can i do to resolve this issue? is there another way i can add
animated gifs to my program?

Any help is appreciated!

Regards,
Richard

P.S. Ive posted this message to the ActiveX newsgroup, but also posting
here because ive never been able to get a reply from that newsgroup so i
appologise to those who may be on both.

the error message i get is:

A problem occurred while Microsoft Access was communicating with the ole
server. Close the ole server and restart it outside of access and try
the original operation outside of access.

please help, cant find anything on the net

Regards,
Richard

 

[Arvin Meyer]

You can also try to register the dll.

Start ... Run ... then type:

regsvr32.exe "C:\Full path to gif89.dll"
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[doyapore]

Friends,
From where can I download the GIF98.dll file? I have tried google and many
other search engines, but to no avail. Please can someone help?
Thanks.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I responded to your question yesterday: did you not read the answer?

As I said then, I suspect the reason you've been unable to find it is that
it's gif89.dll, not gif98.dll.

Check http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/gif.htm

(BTW, this question really has nothing to do with Access)