Share gif image without conversion

Hello,
I have an application (universal app) that generates gif images. And I want user to share gif image.
The problem is when I try to share by using next code:
DataTransferManager.GetForCurrentView().DataRequested += (DataTransferManager mgr, DataRequestedEventArgs ar) =>
//dataPackage.SetHtmlFormat(HtmlFormatHelper.CreateHtmlFormat(
ar.Request.Data.Properties.Title = (string)DefaultViewModel["title"];
ar.Request.Data.Properties.Description = (string)DefaultViewModel["description"];
ar.Request.Data.Properties.FileTypes.Add(".gif");
List<IStorageItem> l = new List<IStorageItem>();
l.Add(file);
ar.Request.Data.SetStorageItems(l, true);
DataTransferManager.ShowShareUI();
The gif image is converted to jpg.
Is there any way to avoid conversion?
Thank you
no where man
http://www.nowhereman.eu

Exactly how is it converted to .jpg? Do you mean the file format has changed? If you can, please upload a project to OneDrive that shows this problem.
Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator
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NOTE: If I ask for code, please provide something that I can drop directly into a project and run (including XAML), or an actual application project. I'm trying to help a lot of people, so I don't have time to figure out weird snippets with undefined
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