HELP - Add a skip intro btn to AS3 preloader

Question

Hello, I'm a bit of a newbie to AS3 and new some help!
I've created a preloader.swf that (when loaded) loads an external swf. I would also like to add a skip intro btn, but when I do, the preloader seems to loop over and over (blinking - I know, high tech).
This is the preloader code. I have it in the first frame of the preloader.swf:
stop();
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("flash/index.swf");
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
myLoader.load(myRequest);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,showPreloader);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,showProgress);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,showContent);
var myPreloader:Preloader = new Preloader();
function showPreloader(event:Event):void {
    addChild(myPreloader);
    myPreloader.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
    myPreloader.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
function showProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void {
    var percentLoaded:Number = event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal;
    myPreloader.loading_txt.text = "Loading - " + Math.round(percentLoaded * 100) + "%";
    myPreloader.bar_mc.width = 198 * percentLoaded;
function showContent(event:Event):void {
    removeChild(myPreloader);
    addChild(myLoader);
On it's own, it works fine.
Then I added a MC with the instance name "skipIntro", and then added this script to the script above:
skipIntro.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToWebPage_2);
function fl_ClickToGoToWebPage_2(event:MouseEvent):void
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("/residences/residences.php"), "_blank");
Any help? Thanks.

Answer 1

There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the code.  Does it start behaving correctly again if you comment out that code?  Do you get any error messages?  The behavior you describe (looping/blinking) is indicative of an unhappy processor.