Thank you Mr. Carlson

[Louis Herndon]

I have visited your site before. Lots of great ideas
there that have helped me alot. This animation I wish to
use is one given to me by the one wanting the Access
application. Standard animated gif, not sure where she
got it, but she's the CFO, so I will try to keep her
happy. With the ActiveX control, what is the proper way
to use it? Simply place the control on the form and then
put the gif inside of it?

Again, thanks. Your website is a great help, as well as
your advice here.

 

[Roger Carlson]

Well, first you'll have to buy the control (unless, of course you can find a
free one somewhere -- try www.cnet.com). Then you'll have to register it on
your development machine AND each of the machines the app will be used on.
(Use Tools > ActiveX Controls. Click Register, then browse for the ocx
file.) Third-party ActiveX controls are not automatically carried over by
the Access app. They are machine specific. (That is unless you deploy the
app with the Package and Deployment Wizard that comes with the Developer
Edition of Office.) Each ActiveX control will have different methods and
properties and the control should come with Help to explain these. Probably
there will be a Control Source property in which you will set the path and
file of your animated gif.

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--Roger Carlson
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