Preloader for external movie

I have a web site with a main movie that call to an external
movie.
My question is what is the action script to put a pre loader
in the main movie that will show the loading progress of the
external movie.
(now the preloader is in the external movie and its take time
until its showing the preloader and until then the page looks
empty)
Thanks in advance.

Here is a sample I made that uses the progressBar component.
You could use
something similar.
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=31
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>I have a web site with a main movie that call to an
external movie.
> My question is what is the action script to put a pre
loader in the main
> movie
> that will show the loading progress of the external
movie.
> (now the preloader is in the external movie and its take
time until its
> showing the preloader and until then the page looks
empty)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

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honesty, I have searched and studied and worked to get this myself,
which I do alot with code, etc. BUT I am going to admit I'm a "make
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