Can a swf file begin executing code before loading completely?

I have a swf file with a preloader on the stage at authoring
time. The preloader centers itself by retrieving the stage
dimensions and calculating the coordinates it needs.
This works everytime in Flash preview, but once I put it
online it only works sometimes, mostly after I refresh the page.
The stage width and height it seems, are considered = 0 when this
happens and so my preloader doesn't position itself correctly.
The only reason I can determine for this error is that when
the code begins to execute the swf is not fully loaded, and thus it
gets wrong stage dimensions. I have exported the swf file to have
100% width and heigth, don't know if there are known issues with
this mode of publishing.
Any help on this matter is appreciated, thanks in
advance.

Hi Tim,
This idea offers some interesting possibilities. (Thank you.)
I'll have play with it to see if I can make it meet our needs.
I'm worried that the caption would be forced inside of the
perimeter of the movie, instead of outside next to the playback
controls.
If there was a way to get the timer to line up with the
playback controls outside of the Captivate 4 movie, that would be
ideal. Here is a
Snapshot
of what we are trying to re-create in CP4.
- Tom -

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[CODE]
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[/CODE]
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[CODE]
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[/CODE]
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[/CODE]
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[CODE]
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[/CODE]
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[CODE]
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[/CODE]
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[CODE]
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[/CODE]

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Unfortunatelly I am not so advanced in AS and do not complitely understand the logic of the problem. I will try to decribe my set up more precise.
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