FLV files in dreamweaver....??

Hello,
I have just started creating websites and thus this is all still new to me so let me try to explain. A client has asked for a website and got a Graphic designer to create a moving animation for me to put on the site. He supplied the file as an FLV file. When I put it into Dreamweaver, it thinks it is a video and puts the skin on. I dont want the skin! How can I convert the file to something else? and what should i convert to?!!
can anyone help?!
Thank you in advance
mich

Obviously the designer does not know the difference between flv and swf. My advice would be to contact the designer and ask them to supply the animation as an swf file.
Alternatively, if you have flash proffessional you could create your own custom skin and use this instead of the normal one.
(see - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_tutorial_pt2.html )
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Hi
There are a number of ways you may do this, the first would be to use the scale parameter for the flash player content, but the problem you will find is maintaining the aspect ratio and if your flv's are smaller the degradation in the quality when 'enlarging', see - http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14149.html.
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Is there a way to remove this entire post? I realize it will be of no help to anyone else, and I don't understand the problem and solution well enough to add details to make it helpful.

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