Flash Studdder.... Nice little pause in animation & Button Question

New guy again...So I have my handy little intro on my main
page after the flash screen and I have my first page of content
come up right before it is finished. Now if I view the file on my
hard drive there is a little pause when it comes in (very annoying)
but when I view the uploaded version it does not!. Should I be
worried about that? Is my preloader doing the job?
First Cell Preloader:
P = int((100*_framesloaded)/_totalframes);
trace(P);
tellTarget ("/Prozent") {
gotoAndStop(_level0:P);
Second Cell:
if (Number(P)<100) {
gotoAndPlay(_currentframe-1);
ALSO----
I am like racking my brain trying to figure out how to make
the same button upon clicking play 2 movie clips. I have one movie
clip pass over the screen while the other appears under it when it
is retracted. So I want one the new content to appear after the
trasition clip wipes the screen...
Thank You Flash Gurus!

that code's a little odd. _currentframe-1 in your 2nd frame
is always going to be 1 and i'm not sure what that tellTarget is
supposed to do, but i think it could be updated by using the
following:

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