I am a newbie with flash

Hi,
I don't know if this is the place to address my situation, so
I do apologize if this post is in the wrong place. I am trying to
open a .swf file in my flash software and all I get is a
blank screen. does anyone here know of this problem and/or can give
me suggestions, etc? thank you.
k2tmn

thank you Gerrylshere for your response. I can take the code
and put it on my web site that I am working on in front page and it
works. But when I try to open the .swf into my flash, like I said a
blank screen comes up. There is no error message. Also, when I have
hired web people to work on my site in the past, they have always
been able to take my flash files and link them to other pages. In
the .swf file there is a text that says "click for details". I have
had bad experiences with web people, and I am wanting to do my own
web sites from now on. This is what I am trying to do is set up
this link in my flash file. I know the files are .swf because they
were designed in flash.
Would you know how to take text in a flash file and link it
to another page?

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hired web people to work on my site in the past, they have always
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had bad experiences with web people, and I am wanting to do my own
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