Welcome to the world of the preloader! Of all the various things people can accomplish in Flash, a preloader is a mystical concept which everyone uses yet no-one seems to be able to explain quite well. A preloader is not something that can really be explained because it is more of an abstract concept that works behind the scenes.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader.htm
