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ImageAnimator.Animate Method

Displays a multiple-frame image as an animation.

Namespace:  System.Drawing
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
public static void Animate(
	Image image,
	EventHandler onFrameChangedHandler
)

Parameters

image
Type: System.Drawing.Image
The Image object to animate.
onFrameChangedHandler
Type: System.EventHandler
An EventHandler object that specifies the method that is called when the animation frame changes.

This Windows Forms application demonstrates how to draw an animated image to the screen. The image is created from the animated GIF file SampleAnimation.gif located in the same folder as the application.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class animateImage : Form 
{

    //Create a Bitmpap Object.
    Bitmap animatedImage = new Bitmap("SampleAnimation.gif");
    bool currentlyAnimating = false;

    //This method begins the animation.
    public void AnimateImage() 
    {
        if (!currentlyAnimating) 
        {

            //Begin the animation only once.
            ImageAnimator.Animate(animatedImage, new EventHandler(this.OnFrameChanged));
            currentlyAnimating = true;
        }
    }

    private void OnFrameChanged(object o, EventArgs e) 
    {

        //Force a call to the Paint event handler.
        this.Invalidate();
    }

    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) 
    {

        //Begin the animation.
        AnimateImage();

        //Get the next frame ready for rendering.
        ImageAnimator.UpdateFrames();

        //Draw the next frame in the animation.
        e.Graphics.DrawImage(this.animatedImage, new Point(0, 0));
    }

    public static void Main() 
    {
        Application.Run(new animateImage());
    }
}


Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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