Using GIF89 animation control in Access Form.

[doyapore]

Dear All,
I have registered the GIF89 animation dll in the \windows\system using
regsvr32.exe.
I have also put a control of the same on the Access form which I have
created, and have linked the control to a GIF file created using Jasc
Animation program.
Unfortunately, the animation does not work.
Can anyone help me solve my problem.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

Don't know about GIF89 but Access use its own drawing system; so many of
these Active-X controls that work perfectly under VB6 won't work correctly
under Access.

S. L.

 

[doyapore]

Any other ActiveX components you know of which could help solve my problem.
Your efforts are highly appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[Stephen Lebans]

The easiest method is to download a 3'rd party ActiveX control. For
performance reasons, it's written in ATL and multithreaded, I like and
have used this one.
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/capacity/402/activex.html


For a listing of other controls have a look at:
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/gif.htm


You can also use the MS Web Browser control. Check the currently
installed ActiveX controls on your system.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

 

[doyapore]

Thank you! You are a genius!

The easiest method is to download a 3'rd party ActiveX control. For
performance reasons, it's written in ATL and multithreaded, I like and
have used this one.
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/capacity/402/activex.html


For a listing of other controls have a look at:
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/gif.htm


You can also use the MS Web Browser control. Check the currently
installed ActiveX controls on your system.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Yes, he is, but did you have to go telling him? We're trying to keep him
humble... <g, d & r>

 

[doyapore]

I didnt know that - about the "keeping him humble" part that is! I just
thought he was fantastic! Here I was trying to do everything to get my
animations going on Access Forms, and here he comes and gives a solution
(given by you as well!), and it works straight out of the box!

Anyway all of you are sheer geniuses. It so appears that I shall always
remain a Genie Ass

 

[doyapore]

It seems that as usual I am stuck with my dumb brain.
How can I display an animation in a Web Browser control in an Access Form. I
really searched hard for a clue within Access and Microsoft documentation
but to no avail. I can animate .avi files from within the Microsoft
Animation Control object in an Access Form.
Thanks.