Pre-loading the next swf

Guys,
i gonna tell the situation from the very beginning:
I'm doing a book, wich each chapter is separated by swf (chapter_1.swf, chapter_2.swf, etc).
In the final of each swf, he calls the next by the command: _root.loadMovie("next.swf")
(PS: i'm not using the MovieClip load method)
The problem is; when the swf are uploaded on my server, and i click to load the next swf, my screen goes blank while he download it.
All i want to do, is pre-load the next swf, while the user is reading the actual chapter, to avoid this blank screen time. Is it possible?
I read something about getBytesLoaded/Total, but don't know how to execute it.
Please explain it clear cuz i'm new with this. And thank you very much for the support!

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