I have an asp page that displays a flash file. however it is large , about 1/4 meg so it takes some time to display. how do you show a progress or loading so the user will not think there is no activity

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Is it neccessary to be 1/4MB? Is it Flash Video?

DMXzone doesn't have a pre-loader tutorial/article, but you will find hundreds on www.flashkit.com, and if you're AS (Actionscript) savvy, then always keep bookmarked www.actionscripts.org