> My application is going to do some file copies, searching, etc. During
> this time I would like to throw up a small progress window showing the
> progress of the operation - but what I would also like to do is to
> show some of the animated GIFs that occur when Windows does a file
> operation. I.E. When you copy a bunch of files, you get the Windows
> progress dialog box and it shows an animated picture of files
> 'traveling' across the network (or to your disk, etc etc).
>
> Is there any way one can access this 'GIFs' directly from .NET? And if
> not, does anyone know of where one can get these GIFs at? I know a
> number of years ago I saw these somewhere but now for the life of me I
> cannot find them anymore.
>
> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom
>

> Hello Tom,
> I forget exactly where they are stored.. I wanna say the
> Windows\System folder..
> but I cant be sure.. anyhow.. they are not GIFs, but rather AVI files.
> -Boo
>
>> My application is going to do some file copies, searching, etc.
>> During this time I would like to throw up a small progress window
>> showing the progress of the operation - but what I would also like to
>> do is to show some of the animated GIFs that occur when Windows does
>> a file operation. I.E. When you copy a bunch of files, you get the
>> Windows progress dialog box and it shows an animated picture of files
>> 'traveling' across the network (or to your disk, etc etc).
>>
>> Is there any way one can access this 'GIFs' directly from .NET? And
>> if not, does anyone know of where one can get these GIFs at? I know a
>> number of years ago I saw these somewhere but now for the life of me
>> I cannot find them anymore.
>>
>> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Tom
>>

> Hello GhostInAK,
>
> Yea, I figured out (after I sent this) that they were AVI files...
> Unfortunately, I did a complete search of the Windows folder
> (subdirectories included) and found none of the AVI files. I am
> suspecting (unfortunately) that they are embedded somewhere in the
> Windows executables (maybe as resources).
>
>> Hello Tom,
>> I forget exactly where they are stored.. I wanna say the
>> Windows\System folder..
>> but I cant be sure.. anyhow.. they are not GIFs, but rather AVI
>> files.
>> -Boo
>>> My application is going to do some file copies, searching, etc.
>>> During this time I would like to throw up a small progress window
>>> showing the progress of the operation - but what I would also like
>>> to do is to show some of the animated GIFs that occur when Windows
>>> does a file operation. I.E. When you copy a bunch of files, you get
>>> the Windows progress dialog box and it shows an animated picture of
>>> files 'traveling' across the network (or to your disk, etc etc).
>>>
>>> Is there any way one can access this 'GIFs' directly from .NET? And
>>> if not, does anyone know of where one can get these GIFs at? I know
>>> a number of years ago I saw these somewhere but now for the life of
>>> me I cannot find them anymore.
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>

Tom wrote:
> My application is going to do some file copies, searching, etc. During this
> time I would like to throw up a small progress window showing the progress
> of the operation - but what I would also like to do is to show some of the
> animated GIFs that occur when Windows does a file operation. I.E. When you
> copy a bunch of files, you get the Windows progress dialog box and it shows
> an animated picture of files 'traveling' across the network (or to your disk,
> etc etc).
>
> Is there any way one can access this 'GIFs' directly from .NET? And if not,
> does anyone know of where one can get these GIFs at? I know a number of years
> ago I saw these somewhere but now for the life of me I cannot find them anymore.
>
> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom