# Bitmap does not show

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-does-not-show/213592
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 21, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-does-not-show/213592 "2007-01-21T10:12:19Z")
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### Author: ![mallman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mallman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mallman)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bitmap-does-not-show/213592/1 "2007-01-21T10:12:19Z")

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:ear:  
Ive created a empty movie clip then tied it in to a bitmap that exists in the library called “red” (I made it available for export). The bitmap does not show at all, when run. I don’t want to use the function attachMovie. Can anybody see the prob with this snippet-thanks

var movieClipHandle:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(“picture1\_mc”,this.getNextHighestDepth());  
var myBitmapData1:BitmapData = BitmapData.loadBitmap(“red”);  
movieClipHandle.attachBitmap(myBitmapData1, this.getNextHighestDepth());