Is it possible to do a Start up screen animation using animated Gi

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Jimmy Lim - 28 Jul 2008 03:26 GMT

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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Chris Tacke, eMVP - 28 Jul 2008 15:13 GMT

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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Jimmy Lim - 29 Jul 2008 06:24 GMT

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?

> 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
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> > on my dialog?

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Michel Verhagen (eMVP) - 29 Jul 2008 07:33 GMT

Yes.

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Chris Tacke, eMVP - 29 Jul 2008 14:24 GMT

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 - 29 Jul 2008 16:18 GMT

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?

> During bootloader execution - which is when the "startup screen" is
> generally displayed - there are no APIs period (other than what's in your
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