How to Setup and Bind clickTag in Adobe Animate CC Banners

Adobe Animate CC is a powerful tool for building animated HTML5 banners. However, its default export structures often fail ad network uploads because they do not declare the clickTag variable in the global window scope where ad servers expect to find it.

1. Declare clickTag in the Export Template

Instead of editing the compiled HTML file after every export, customize your HTML template inside Adobe Animate: Go to **File > Publish Settings**, click **Export HTML Template**, and insert the declaration inside the template head:

<script type="text/javascript">
  var clickTag = "https://www.google.com";
</script>

2. Adding the Canvas Click Trigger Action

Inside Adobe Animate, select the layer containing your click target button. Open the **Actions Panel (F9)** and add a standard JavaScript click binding:

this.cta_button.addEventListener("click", function() {
  window.open(window.clickTag, "_blank");
});

Ensure that `cta_button` is the actual instance name of your button symbol. When published, this will correctly route clicks through the global ad server variable.