Cannot load image?

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

HI everybody,

I cannot seem to display an image to the corona simulator.

Here is my script:

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– main.lua

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–  local myImage = display.newImage( “dog” )

Nothing shows up/no error messages.

The pic is png and is in the same folder as my main.lua script.

I have tried renaming the file dog.png,saving and relaunching the project.

Please could someone guide me in the right direction?

Thanks.

#2

  1. dog.png, not dog with no extension

  2. Also be sure the file cases match (file name must be referred to in same case): dog.png ~= Dog.PNG

    local myImage = display.newImage( “dog.png” )

PS - I am assuming the file is an actual PNG.  You can’t start with a BMP, rename it to PNG and hope that works.  I’m sure you’re not doing this, but I’ve seen folks do it before so just in case…

#3

Also, make sure to remove the two dashes, --, in front of the line that’s calling the image. The two dashes represents a comment in Lua and the simulator will not run commented out lines. 

#4

  1. dog.png, not dog with no extension

  2. Also be sure the file cases match (file name must be referred to in same case): dog.png ~= Dog.PNG

    local myImage = display.newImage( “dog.png” )

PS - I am assuming the file is an actual PNG.  You can’t start with a BMP, rename it to PNG and hope that works.  I’m sure you’re not doing this, but I’ve seen folks do it before so just in case…

#5

Also, make sure to remove the two dashes, --, in front of the line that’s calling the image. The two dashes represents a comment in Lua and the simulator will not run commented out lines.