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How to Display Animated PNGs in VBNET

Introduction

Animated PNGs are a relatively new file format that combines the lossless compression of PNG with the animation capabilities of GIF. This makes them a great choice for creating animations that are both small in size and high in quality.

Displaying Animated PNGs in VBNET

There are two main ways to display animated PNGs in VBNET: 1. **Use the Image class.** The Image class has a new method called “Animate” that can be used to display animated PNGs. This method takes an AnimatedPNG object as its parameter, which you can create from a file or a stream. 2. **Use the WebBrowser control.** The WebBrowser control can be used to display animated PNGs by setting its Url property to the URL of the PNG file.

Which Method Should You Use?

The Image class method is the more efficient way to display animated PNGs, but it requires .NET Framework 4.0 or later. If you are using an earlier version of .NET Framework, you can use the WebBrowser control instead.