Opening a .GIF Image

Hello everyone…
I was wondering if it is possible to open a gif image in a program??

I mean opening a bmp was just reading the headers first and then pixel info…

But i tried finding the file format for gif,but could not find much info that helped me…

Is it possible for us to write a program to open it or are there functions in OpenGL that support opening of gif images??

Thanks in advance…

Is it possible for us to write a program to open it

Yes, it is possible.

Oh, you wanted to know how? Use a library like FreeImage or something.

are there functions in OpenGL that support opening of gif images?

OpenGL is a rendering API. Loading an image is not part of what it does.