Separate buttons on animated .gif

I have a couple animated .gif files on my website. I use them
as scrolling advertisements. I would like to offer link buttons
specific to the info on the current frame, however, when i create
the button is shows up on all frames. Is there anyway to have
buttons specific to the current frame in an animated .gif?

Yep - no can do with animated GIF.
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> As far as I know, no you cannot do this with an animated
gif.
>
> If you create the animation in Flash, then this option
is available to
> you.
>
> alex
>
> fbcojman wrote:
>> I have a couple animated .gif files on my website. I
use them as
>> scrolling advertisements. I would like to offer link
buttons specific to
>> the info on the current frame, however, when i
create the button is shows
>> up on all frames. Is there anyway to have buttons
specific to the
>> current frame in an animated .gif?
>>

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