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How to play saved animated gifs?

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Posted on 4 Oct 2020 03:44:21 by

I can play an animated gif using an image if the gif is loaded from file system.

 

But if I save the same image via CDS, it only displays the static version. How do I make it move?

Thank you.

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  • srose Profile Picture
    94 on 11 May 2022 at 15:32:43
    Re: How to play saved animated gifs?

    @AthenaRoboticsE How are you adding the animated GIFS to CDS?

  • srose Profile Picture
    94 on 11 May 2022 at 15:30:54
    Re: How to play saved animated gifs?

    @FabianAckeret How do you use "File" type vs. "Image"? Can you give more details how to do that?

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    timl Profile Picture
    35,227 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 06 Oct 2020 at 19:58:29
    Re: How to play saved animated gifs?

    Hi @AthenaRoboticsE 

    It is possible to store animated GIFs in the CDS, and to display them in a canvas app.

    By default, the CDS stores and displays smaller thumbnail images for performance reasons. This is the reason why you're seeing a static version.

    To configure a CDS image field to work with animate GIFs, the first step is to choose the option to store the full image.

    image.png

     

    You can then reference the 'Full' property of the image to return the full animated version.

    Here's how the setting would look for an image control on a form.

     

    image.png

     

  • John Zheng Profile Picture
    47 on 06 Oct 2020 at 15:56:41
    Re: How to play saved animated gifs?

    There is no work around on the static gif in CDS since it will only save the first frame. 

    Instead of saving the gif to CDS, you can consider use an external resource for the gif (either online or SharePoint), then you can render an Image control with the URL. Surely you may have to deal with SharePoint authentication if it is not public. 

  • v-siky-msft Profile Picture
    on 05 Oct 2020 at 08:17:40
    Re: How to play saved animated gifs?

    Hi @AthenaRoboticsE ,

     

    I'm agree with @FabianAckeret . Please change to save the GIF to the attachment of CDS, rather than Image field.

     

    Sik

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    FabianAckeret Profile Picture
    969 on 04 Oct 2020 at 21:10:40
    Re: How to play saved animated gifs?

    Not sure why that is, but as a workaround you can use the "File" type, instead of "Image". This works with gifs

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