Delaying Flash Document Loading

I'm working on a site that has multiple small flash documents
within each page, and I was wondering if it is possble to delay the
second .swf from loading until the first one has finished loading
(or playing)? Is there a behavior or code for something like this?
I have preloaders built into both flash documents so they're
supposed to have all the frames loaded before they play, but it
doesn't quite seem to be doing that. The first one is only maybe
35-40 frames long, and once it plays thru it stops on a frame and
stays there. The other doc is a loop and it seems like if the short
one can play first and come to a stop the second might load easier.
Any ideas?

> Is there a behavior or
> code for something like this?
No.
How heavy are your Flash elements? That's the problem....
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> I'm working on a site that has multiple small flash
documents within each
> page,
> and I was wondering if it is possble to delay the second
.swf from loading
> until the first one has finished loading (or playing)?
Is there a
> behavior or
> code for something like this? I have preloaders built
into both flash
> documents so they're supposed to have all the frames
loaded before they
> play,
> but it doesn't quite seem to be doing that. The first
one is only maybe
> 35-40
> frames long, and once it plays thru it stops on a frame
and stays there.
> The
> other doc is a loop and it seems like if the short one
can play first and
> come
> to a stop the second might load easier. Any ideas?
>

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