>Out of curiosity, does the GIF playing code that ships with FB3 play animated >gifs? Anyone know what UNISYS currently requires in the way of licensing >to include that capability in a commercial application? I just want to read >them, not write them. You can play animated GIFs with QuickTime. Try playing one with the FB3 QuickTime Player sample code. Al Staffieri Jr. AlStaff@... http://members.aol.com/AlStaff/index.html