August, not OLE, but ActiveX control.
Try to use Internet Explorer ActiveX object as browser, but without any other features and specifying as URL just a GIF image.
In addition, you may try to search Internet for third-party ActiveX controls used to show animated GIF image. [sig]<p>Vlad Grynchyshyn<br><a href=mailto:vgryn@softserve.lviv.ua>vgryn@softserve.lviv.ua</a><br>[/sig]