# FLV no controls shown?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-no-controls-shown/186798
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 24, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-no-controls-shown/186798 "2006-04-24T18:38:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![willgoldstone7](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/willgoldstone7/32/2251_2.png) [@willgoldstone7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/willgoldstone7)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-no-controls-shown/186798/1 "2006-04-24T18:38:41Z")

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Hi everyone,

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          hope this isnt too basic, but ive just made my first FLV and put the SWF into an html page in dreamweaver with standard Insert &gt; Media &gt; Flash. But when I view the page (locally or uploaded to a web server) it doesnt show me the controls it did in flash when i made the FLV.

                         ideas?

                                cheers

                                    WiL
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### Author: ![jimhere](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jimhere/32/137_2.png) [@jimhere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimhere)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-no-controls-shown/186798/2 "2006-04-24T19:47:06Z")

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Flash makes those button skins a whole separate swf (like “SteelExternalAll.swf” or whichever skin you chose). You have to place that swf next to your other files wherever they are for them to show.

Crazy, yes.

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### Author: ![willgoldstone7](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/willgoldstone7/32/2251_2.png) [@willgoldstone7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/willgoldstone7)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-no-controls-shown/186798/3 "2006-04-25T05:23:31Z")

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I put that down to a long day…

thanks! 🙂