Import animated GIF on the fly

All the answers I've seen for this one are old so I'm hoping
it has changed. If not ... GET WITH IT ADOBE! :)
Can I load an animated GIF into a SWF on the fly (loadMovie)
and get it to be animated? I know it seems to load just the first
frame in but is there anyway of programming or anything in AS to
make it put each frame into a Flash Frame?

Dinghus wrote:
> All the answers I've seen for this one are old so I'm
hoping it has changed. If
> not ... GET WITH IT ADOBE! :)
>
> Can I load an animated GIF into a SWF on the fly
(loadMovie) and get it to be
> animated?
no you can't
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