Splash...

I'm not sure if I had asked this a long time ago.....
Does anyone know if you can preload a swf file with a splash entrance. I mean, you can preload images, why not swf?

Has anyone tried before?

If it works, it will have to work using loadmovie. Add a frame action with loadmovie to a preloader .fun file.

I think I know what you are up to. It can be done but the scripting involved is diffrent than for an image. A SWF is actually loaded and played by the Flash Plug in not the web browser. The browser just provides a plug-in container for the player which loads and plays the swf. Now you can interact with that container by calling diffrent methods (Just like any other plug-in or applet). Macromedia has been kind enough to document all available player methods for us and you can read about them on the MM site.

Now back to your original question... The answer is that SWF's are not images so therfore cannot be treated as such. They are however HTML Objects and can be manipulated like any other object. SO, yes it is possible to create a preloader where as the SWF is not displayed until it is completly loaded but it would require some scripting and would only works for IE (Netscape shows the SWF box regardless.).