title: Animated image in Visual Studio Status bar
body: <p>Following article explains how to use inbuilt VS animated icon in the status bar. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166795.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166795.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>I would like to know, is there a way to include custom gif animation inside the status bar.</p>
  
  <p>Bitmap image can be included like following. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/fef208e7-b79d-4a0c-94fe-e6861196e1f5/how-to-show-my-icon-in-exp-visutal-stufo-statusbarsvsstatusbar?forum=vsx#ba47b61c-77a8-46c8-aa10-a04211312e6c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/fef208e7-b79d-4a0c-94fe-e6861196e1f5/how-to-show-my-icon-in-exp-visutal-stufo-statusbarsvsstatusbar?forum=vsx#ba47b61c-77a8-46c8-aa10-a04211312e6c</a></p>
  
  <p>When I point a gif image according to above example, animation is not happening. Please help.</p>