Re: Is it possible to do a Start up screen animation using animate

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Hi Chris,

Thanks for the information.

If i want to animate the startup screen of an application instead. Is
there an API that plays animated gif?

THat means instead of bootloader, in the first startup application i run
after booting up the OS, i want to play an animated gif (start up screen)
while my application is setting up some stuff behind, is it possible?

"Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote:

During bootloader execution - which is when the "startup screen" is
generally displayed - there are no APIs period (other than what's in your
bootloader code). I know nothing of your bootloader, so I can't say
absolutely "no" but I can say that I've never seen or heard of anyone that
had it, so the odds are good that you would have to do it all yourself.

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt


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"Jimmy Lim" <JimmyLim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chris,

So you mean to say there is no API to play animated gif. I must decode
the
animated gif into it's respective frame and base on it's timing to play
the
pictures?

"Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote:

If you add code to your bootloader to decode and display the frames, then
sure, it's possible. I doubt your bootloader has that out-of-the-box,
but
it's certainly possible to implement.


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Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP
OpenNETCF Consulting
Giving back to the embedded community
http://community.OpenNETCF.com


"Jimmy Lim" <JimmyLim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

Usually how is the start up screen for WinCE 5.0 and WinCE 6.0 is
being
done. Can we use animated Gif to do the start up screen? I tried
searching
on
MSDN, but i see it need IE to play the animated gif. Can i play
animated
Gif
on my dialog?






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