Can you preload an embedded swf in to a html webpage as you would an image?

I am creating a site for a client, www.idsvehicles.co.uk

I want to preload the embedded swf’s as you would images using javascript or css. I have so far been unsuccessful. I am trying to avoid having the great big white patches in the site while the menu or stocklist(on the stocklist page:}) load, and id prefer not to have a loading bar while it does. If possible id like to have all images and swf’s loaded and cached before the page is displayed so it appears seemingly instantly. Is this possible?

I first attempted to do this with a standard image preloading javascript and failed. Is it at all possible to preload swf’s with javascript, if not what are my options?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I am fairly new to the site, i only discovered it a few days ago. Its an absolutely fantastic resource and has already helped me out massively, so thank you to all, especially those involved with the tutorials. Superb! :}