The following has preloaders for numerous types of situations
http://www.bokelberg.de/actionscript/ - make sure to read the added comments
as they adress issues converning versions of flash being used. For example, I
used one of the preloader actionscripts and it did not work but there was an
amended script added by another contributor - this code did work

p a u l

There is tons of stuff out there. Here are some great links:
http://www.flashbax.com/flash_preloaders.htm

cool site
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