AS2.0 showing a preloader while XML loads?

Hello!

Related to my previous question about navigating the timeline with loaded XML, is there a way to incorporate a preloader of some kind or to have some indication that XML data is loading into a textbox? Since the movie is loading XML data on certain frames of the main timeline, I don’t need a traditional scene preloader, so I’m not sure how to proceed. Some data is larger than others and it appears that nothing is happening and then a little later it pops up.

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Ryan