Thread: Displaying a GIF-picture file

Hi,

I'm looking for a way (source code, no libs) to open a GIF-picture file.
I know this can be done using OleLoadPicture, but since I'm working with Windows CE, this function is not supported.
Does anyone of you has some sort of sample code for opening, reading and displaying a GIF-picture file in a simple window?

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey,

As far as im aware the win32 api dosnt naturally support gif files. I think this a quite hard to do in the api, however i think its easier in mfc, i can get some mfc code for you if thats what your working in.

Otherwise, head to http://www.wotsit.org , it will have the .gif format on there somewhere, but personally i never understood how to use this information to make a working proggy....

Thanks
TNT

Well, I already had the GIF format explanation from Compuserve version 89a (which I'm reading at the moment). You said you had samplecode using MFC? I'm not working with MFC, but maybe I could learn something about it.
I'm still searching, but if I find something interesting, I'll let you know!

Thanks for replying!


Ward