The Dragon FlicPanelX is an ActiveX control which plays back animation ``files produced with Autodesk Animator, Animator Pro and Animator ``Studio. The latest version of the control extends the possibilities of ``flic-file animation by adding the facilities of sprite-based ``transparent rendering (including playback direct to the Desktop) and ``pre-rendering of animations for maximum playback speed. The control ``uses a combination of Device Independent Bitmaps (DIBs), ImageLists, ``dynamic arrays, streams and multi-threading for optimal performance.