while posting information on a page containing an animated image, animation not working

hi,
i am working on a project to develop a booking engine for an airline.
in the background information is shared by post/request method.
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in one of the interface pages. i need to implement an animated
image(.gif) so that user do not refreshes the page.
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Steps are:on the page load this form is posted. but the page remains
the same.
problem is: . animated image is not working.
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if i dont submit the page. image works fine.
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regards,
Saurabh
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hi Peter,
thanx for the solution. things are working now in most of the cases.
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there's one more prob: animated image are browser settings
dependant...
i tried in IE as most of the users use the same.
if the "show animated images" option is enabled then only the
animation works else not....
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thanx n regards,
Saurabh
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