You have to add Frame(factoryClass="path.to.your. Preloader") to the main class (the one you set in the compiler options).
Flex3 did not use rsls by default but you could enable them. Flex4 rsls are enabled by default, see: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf69084-7add.html.
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