I have 5 bitmaps making a animated sprite.
I have to use 5 panels and show in sequence one of them then the next and hide previously panel and so on?
Or there is way for use just one panel? If yes, how?

Thanks in advance

the word you are searching for is "window"
=> http://www.conitec.net/beta/apanel-window.htm

Set all images in a row and save it as a single bitmap

Just create a window in the panel, with the size of 1 frame of your bitmap.

Then just run the X-Pos variable of the window, and your sprite is animated in the panel.

theres no way to just convert the images to a .gif huh?

no.. A7 doesn´t support Gif..

but.. why Gif?

Use TGA with Alpha Channel.. and create a function wich creates a window panel with bitmap at a specified point for you. That saves codelines and time ^^