wx.SplashScreen and animated GIF

[Hannes MŸueller]

Andrea Gavana wrote:
> Hi Hannes,
> 
> On 3/6/07, Hannes Müller wrote:
>> I am developing a small application, and the client dislikes the
>> static bitmap as SplashScreen. He would rather have some kind of
>> animation, like a animated GIF playing while the application
>> initializes.
> 
> It's curious that such a small detail like a splash screen can
> actually raise a complaint :-D

It is often surprising, how important the shell becomes if you manage to 
convince the client of the technical quality ;)

>> Is there any way to accomplish this?
> 
> You can grab some idea from my implementation of AdvancedSplash. You
> can find it on my website:
> 
> http://xoomer.alice.it/infinity77/eng/freeware.html#advancedsplash
> 
> It does not use a series of images or a GIF, but I don't think it will
> be that complicated to modify it. If you adapt the code, please
> consider to contribute it back as patch or a re-implementation.

Will take a look at it, maybe it works that way...
I will send you the modifications if I get it to work...

Hannes