Preload all images from an XML file

Hi,

I am working on a website which is heavy in backdrop images. Each of the 12 sections has 2 images. They all load from an XML file (…/ns/xmlimages.xml)

How is it possible to make them preload in the background while surfing the website, from the xml file? It could work preloading everything before displaying the website, but it might be a long wait.

Just for reference, the images in the xml are identified as follow:

<field path="_level0.sectionContainer.ImageContainer">
      <page url="/ns/img/image3.jpg" 
iprops="0,0,546,304.85" cprops="0,0,120,20" n="0"/>

Also, the other thing I have a hard time with is that each section loads in the same “Loadbox” mc. Thus, images can’t simply load in the section1.swf, section2.swf etc. because these sections aren’t loaded yet. I guess the images from the XML would have to be temporary stored virtually? and then loaded in image container once the corresponding section is loaded?

Thanks