FLASH: Controlling loading of images

[EssentiaCo]

Hi,


I'm working on my first site for an architectural firm ... many bitmap 

images.  The problem, the initial screenshot on the site loads quickly, so 

the user is able to press buttons before the images they are pressing the 

buttons to see are available yet.  This makes for some very convuluted images.


I've seen references to preloaders but have never used one.  How could I make 

my initial screenshot into a preloader that would wait until a specified time 

to allow button pushing?


But even if I did do a preloader, it seems that the image files that need to 

load up are pretty massive so what are some other options besides having a 

really long preloading segment?


The site is currently at:  http://www.hwf.com/website4.swf


The whole site is around 2000K.  Any recommendations?


Thanks!

Kimberly


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