Swf movie won't open in dreamweaver

I created a flv movie in Flash from a avi file, which I then
exported as a swf movie. The swf movie plays fine in Flash
(file>publish preview), but when I place it into an html page in
Dreamweaver the flash icon ( f ) displays on the html page but if I
try to play the movie in Dreamweaver or open it in a test browser
all I get is a white box where the movie should be playing.
ps I can open swf images (Flash>file>export>export
images) in Dreamweaver ok, but not movies.
I need some help please!
Thanks

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folder and script
are on the server.
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>I created a flv movie in Flash from a avi file, which I
then exported as a
>swf
> movie. The swf movie plays fine in Flash
(file>publish preview), but when
> I
> place it into an html page in Dreamweaver the flash icon
( f ) displays
> on
> the html page but if I try to play the movie in
Dreamweaver or open it in
> a
> test browser all I get is a white box where the movie
should be playing.
>
> ps I can open swf images
(Flash>file>export>export images) in Dreamweaver
> ok,
> but not movies.
>
> I need some help please!
> Thanks
>

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