Animated gif with Illustrator?

Hi guys,
I am doing an sketch of a website using Illustrator. I am just Illustrator as if i were designing a magazine and i will later send the JPG to a programmer to "build up" the site.
Anyhow, the homepage has a flash effect which is just a frame that changes pictures by itself. I guess i can do it in Photoshop as a animated gif, but could i inserted later in Illustrator to show that effect to my client? Does the PDF have the possibility of having Animated gifs within? I might just send the sketches as a PDF.
Thanks for any info!
Sebastian

Illustrator does not do animation.
Illustrator can export Layers and/or Blends as SWF step-by-step frames. Therefore, Sebastiao has two options:
Deliver as SWF
1. Put the several images to be used as animation frames on separate layers.
2. Export as SWF. In the Export Options dialog, select AI Layers to SWF Frames. Click the Advanced button and select the other Layers as static.
3. Deliver the SWF to the customer. Alternatively, if using Acrobat Professional, create a PDF Package that includes the SWF and deliver the PDF Package.
Deliver as PDF
1. Put the several images to be used as animation frames on separate layers. Turn off visibility of other layers.
2. Export as SWF using Save For Web & Devices. Select Layers to SWF Frames. In the Save Dialog, select Images and HTML.You now have an HTML document which contains a SWF.
3. Turn off the Layers that contain the animation frames. Turn on the other layers. Save a copy as PDF. (Use Smallest Size preset.)
4. Open the PDF in Acrobat Professional.
5. In Acrobat Professional, FIle>Create PDF>From Web Page. Navigate to the HTML file.
6. Use Acrobat's Select Object Tool to select the animated SWF. Copy.
7. In Acrobat, switch to the other PDF. Get the Select Object Tool. Paste the SWF. Save.
8. Deliver the PDF to the customer.
JET

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