Gif Animation Problem

When i import a Gif Animation( Loop in QT Inspector) it works perfectly in Presentaion Mode but when i try to export it , the Animation will just play once thru and then Stop !
Can anybody confirm ?
cheers,
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Quit multi-posting and cross-posting questions. Keep the discussion in a single posting so everybody know what has been suggested. And that would be in the Swing posting since this is a Swing related question.

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