Flash Video Link

I have a small graphic that I want to link to a flv movie to open in a new browser window. Do I connect (or link) the graphic to the flv file, or the swf file in order to get the Flash movie to autoplay in the new window? I have tried it both ways, and when the files are uploaded to the server, it doew not seem to work.
Thanks to all for your help.

Hi
If you link to the flv/swf then you must include the required scripts on the new windows html page code and ensure the references are correct for that page.
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(Sorry for the long post, trying to explain in detail what
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Maybe you guys can tell me if this is possible using the
current version of Flash (I will not be doing this myself, but I
need to know if Flash is the way to go).
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