Swf movie starts before preloader is finished

Question

Hi,
I tried to implement a simple preloader for an existing swf movie. I've created a new flash document and added the Loader as well as a ProgressBar component. In the action script of the key frame 1, I implemented the following:
import mx.controls.ProgressBar;
loader.contentPath = "myMovie.swf";
pBar.setStyle("themeColor", "0xF49417");
pBar.setStyle("color","0x3D566F");
pBar.labelPlacement = "bottom";
pBar.label = "LOADING %3%%"
pBar.scaleY = 150;
pBar.conversion = 1024;
pBar.source = loader;
pBar.mode = "polled";
loader.load();
The problem is now that the movie starts playing (i.e. its sound) before the progress bar is completely finished. This usually happens around 80%. How can I avoid that the movie starts before the progress bar reaches 100%?
Thanks,
Patrik

Answer 1

Thanks for your replay! I added an empty keyframe to the first scene of the existing flash movie with a stop() action in it. Additionally, I modified the preloader with an action listener that is called in case the movie is loaded completely. The action script of the preloader does now look like follows (without sytle settings):
import mx.controls.ProgressBar;
loader.contentPath = "myMovie.swf";
var pbListener:Object = new Object();
pbListener.complete = function(evt_obj:Object) {
trace("movie loaded");
play();
pBar.addEventListener("complete", pbListener);
pBar.source = loader;
pBar.mode = "polled";
loader.load();
It seems now that this play() does not reference to the swf movie (myMovie.swf) with the stop in the first frame since the movie does not start playing after its loaded. How do I reference the play action to the loaded movie?
Thanks,
Patrik