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Jeffery.Wright
Jeffery.Wright
Inspiring
March 9, 2026
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HTML5 Canvas Animate 24 will not display bitmap on timeline, why?

  • March 9, 2026
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So if you decide to edit your question description, after you add lots of detailed information here describing the problem, this new system DELETES “Describe your question in detail” instead of saving the content as a draft. Who thought this was a great idea? 
 

I have an image dragged and dropped onto my timeline, it does not appear in the published app. Why?

 

Manifest says it’s there, but not in the images directory? Really?

 

The image is indeed there:

 

No console errors, what is going on here? 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks. 

 

-JW



 

    Correct answer kglad

    try saving your fla into a simply named desktop directory with a simple name.  publish there and test.

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    kglad
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    kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 9, 2026

    try saving your fla into a simply named desktop directory with a simple name.  publish there and test.

      Jeffery.Wright
      Jeffery.WrightAuthor
      Inspiring
      March 9, 2026

      Thanks, your suggestion helped me figure it out.

       

      It looks like the problem is this: I have always been able to change two variables in the generated init function to point to my current published js file, and everything works just fine (my container pages are very different from the page animate generates) 


      By simply changing these lines:

      <script src="water-purification-26.js"></script>
      exportRoot = new lib.waterpurification26();

       

      My container page would load the latest version of my app.

      When I viewed the Animate generated page, the image appeared.

       

      Animate generated a completely new block of script formatted very differently from what I have been using for ages with no issues… using the new generated script resolved the issue. 

       

      Do you think this setting is the cuplprit?

       


      If Animate just generated a complete js file I could src it in my container page and it will always load the right code? 

       

      Thanks again.
       

       

       

       

       

       

       

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