Is it possible to show the download progress of a flash file?

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Published on 2010-06-01T20:30:04Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 3:23 UTC
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I know how to setup a preloader and I have that working. But when I debug the flash application and simulate a download, it has a blank background until a few seconds have passed.

I know it is "downloading" the swf file and I'm wondering if I can show a progress bar for that, or do I need to have the swf file as small as possible and pre load everything needed and have all assets as a separate file I fetch?

I found something with ProgressEvent.PROGRESS but this only loads after the flash file is finished downloading.

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