[b unit]

Hopefully someone can help I'm running out of things to try!! So I put together my first webpage using MS VW Developer Express and I am trying to incorporate an animation that I have created using Corel Photo-Paint. I have it saved as a gif in my app file and have placed it on my default page and it shows up on the design view and animates.......however when I view the page in the browser on the asp.net development server there is a red x where it's supposed to be. Does anyone have any ideas why this would be happening?

[thecoalman]

That's because the image is not where the code says it is. There's no file to display. Either you didn't upload it or uploaded it to the wrong directory and/or the code is pointing to the wrong place.

[b unit]

How do I put the image where the code is, I don't understand

[b unit]

Also, how come it works in the design view of my page if the code is pointing in the wrong direction?

[thecoalman]

I'm not familair with the applications you have mentioned above but.... right click the red X in the webpage and select properties. The properties will tell you where the image is supposed to be according to the code in the webpage.

Another way is open the page in IE or whatever browser you use. In IE click view>source Somewhere depending on where you have placed the animation your going to find code similar to this:

<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/yourimage.gif">

Using the above code the image would have to reside in the base public html directory of your site. The code could also look like this:

<img src="yourimage.gif">

In that case the image would have to reside within the same folder as the webpage.

As I said above whatever you have is not pointing to where the image is hence the red-ex.

[b unit]

Ok, since I have not worked with any other software creating webpages i'm not sure how they are set up but in MS VWD you have 2 views: design and source. Source is where the code goes and design is where you can view the results of the code as well as edit your page. And I know that you said that my code must not be pointing to the image, but it shows up in the design view with no errors; the design view will not display if there are errors.

Once again, I have not worked with other programs but in MS VWD all of your files in the webpage are located to the right of your display mode: ie-design or source, I have the image stored in a file called App_GlobalResources and the html that I have on the default page is <img src="App_GlobalResources/rollin'.gif" width="288" height="288" /> . Any thoughts?

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by b unit

image stored in a file called App_GlobalResources and the html that I have on the default page is <img src="App_GlobalResources/rollin'.gif" width="288" height="288" /> . Any thoughts?

App_GlobalResources is a folder and is relative to where the page is. So if your page is located here: Mysite.com/mytestfolder/mytestpage.html the image has to reside in Mysite.com/mytestfolder/App_GlobalResources/rollin'.gif

BTW, remove the ' in rollin. Don't use characters like that in filenames. That may even be the source of your trouble.