Displaying a GIF in Silverlight

Question

I have a number of gifs in a folder on my web server /dir/subdir/bla.gif etc.

On that same server is a Silverlight 3 application /ClientBin/bla.xap.

Is there any way to display the gifs in the Silverlight app?

I've tried <Image x:Name=img" /> and then in code setting this.img.Source=new BitmapImage(new Uri("/dir/subdir/bla.gif")) with no success.

Any ideas welcome.

Answer 1

Silverlight does not natively support GIF. If you want to spend some money, you can buy a third party control, such as this one: http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/ImageSilverlight/

Answer 2

You might look into Silverlight ImageTools on Codeplex: http://imagetools.codeplex.com/