Re: animated gif

mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Vnlsf.598$Hl6.3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> Mike wrote:
>>
>>> I cut and pasted an animated gif off of my website that I had made and
>>> when i opened up this file on my computer and viewed it with Explorer,
>>> I could not view the source code (this option on the pull down menu was
>>> dimmed). Anyone know why??
>>
>>
>> Because a GIF is a binary file, view source is for textual data.
>>
>
> The op needs to download a hex editor that gives several different
> views of the file. Ghex and Khexedit are on my machine. I don't
> remember what's available for Windows, but I do remember using one often
> years ago. I'm thinking maybe one came with the Borland compilers or
> Norton Utilities. To make sense of what's going on, info on the .gif
> file formats will also be needed.

IrfanView will read the hex..and it's freeware.
http://www.irfanview.com/
I think this is a good link
hope this helps.
granpaw
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