#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::Animation;

my $scr = new MainWindow;
   $scr->configure(-background=>"black");
   $scr->geometry("200x150");
  
   my $canvas = $scr->Canvas(-width,200,-height,100,
      -background=> "black")->pack(-expand, 1, -fill, 'both');
  
   my $image  = $scr->Animation('-format' => 'gif', -data => get_gif() );
   
   $canvas->createImage( 50,50, -image=> $image);

   $image->blank;

   my $buttonframe = $scr->Frame()->pack(-expand=>1, -fill=>'both');

   my $start = $buttonframe->Button(-text => 'Start',
                -command => sub{ $image->start_animation(40);  }
              )->pack(-side=>'left');
   
   my $stop = $buttonframe->Button(-text => 'Stop',
               -command => sub{ 
                         $image ->stop_animation;
                         $image ->blank   }
              )->pack(-side=>'right');

		  
MainLoop;

sub get_gif{
#base64encoded gif89a ... Tk accepts images in base64encoded format as -data
my $gif =
'R0lGODlhIAAgAPMAAP////zzBf9kAt0IBvIIhEYApQAA1AKr6h+3FABkEVYsBZBxOsDAwICAgEBA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=';
return $gif;
}