As I could figure out, animated gifs are a bit like icon files...One file, many images...
Although not directly supported, there are examples on the internet on how to use them in c#...
I suggest a difgerent aproach...
Basic4ppc does support retrieving images from a file using the binary library.
It's not to dificult to see were i'm going with this, is it?
Create a file containing the images that compose the animation, as in a gif file, add them to an imagelist array, and using a timer to control animation, rotate the imagelist array index in a picturebox, thus creating an animation...
Almost like a gif, isn't it?
P.S.:With any luck, maybe a new lib will came...