Advice please for creating a preloader for an AIR app

Hi.
I've developed an AIR app in flex and all I want is a preloader for when the app is opened.
I've ready plenty of the tutorials online - but most of the tutorials are geared towards <mx:Application> not <mx:WindowedApplication> and I
can't seem to get them working using the <mx:WindowedApplication preloader=" ">.
Coding the actual preloader isn't the issue i'm just having problems running it from the AIR app.
If anyone has any tips for me that would be great!
Thanks.

you could use a mx:Window in order to create a splash window.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=WorkingWithWindows_2.html

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