>>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 don't need a license to read them, only for writing them. Big mess, all that. :o) Guess Apple didn't want to license it either, since Quicktime doesn't export GIF's. Robert Covington