Preloader problem...should be simple but

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im rusty as all hell, relearning as in general, im new to as3 and i rEALLY dont know whats going on lol.

so my preloader code is this.

stop();

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading);

function loading(e:Event):void {

	var total:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
	var loaded:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;

	bar_mc.scaleX = loaded/total;
	

	if (total == loaded) {
		gotoAndStop(2);
		this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading);
	}

}

now i put this on frame one, told it to go to frame 2 where my movie content is etc…

and instead of the preloader working, i get these little dots that appear on screen, like this " … "

then eventually my movie loads and plays…
to be clear, i have 2 layers. first one one top is the actions layer.
the 2nd under the first is the content layer. the content layer on frame one has the bar graphic with same instance name as above. and frame two has a MC container that has my mini sites content. thats it.

any ideas?

oh and PS…to MAKE SURE i wasnt going crazy, i deleted all the code, went to another file that i was using the same preloader, tested on there, it works, then copied/pasted same preloader assets onto this current file and again i get the 3 dots EVEN THOUGH i just tested the SAME exact thing on the older other file and it works fine (and yep both are as3 settings)

any ideas???
im HUGELY lost and i have to turn this in tommorow.

thanks in advance.