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How to delay a flex application ?

Hi, i'm building a flex application now, in my program i need to pause it about 2-3 seconds to wait something display.Please tell me how can i achieve it?

Thanks in advance!

Gary Benade

You could it with modal popups, but here is how to do it with states

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="init()" currentState="wait">
        <mx:states>
                <mx:State name="wait">
                        <mx:AddChild position="lastChild">
                                <mx:Canvas width="200" height="200" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">
                                        <mx:Label y="92" text="Wait 3 sec" horizontalCenter="-1"/>
                                </mx:Canvas>
                        </mx:AddChild>                        
                </mx:State>
        </mx:states>
        <mx:Script>
        	<![CDATA[
        		private function init():void
        		{
        			this.enabled = false;
        			setTimeout( reenable, 3000);
        		}
        		private function reenable():void
        		{
        			currentState = null;
        			this.enabled = true;
        		}
        	]]>
        </mx:Script>    
</mx:Application>

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cassiej81

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Thanks hobbit, but is there anyway to do it?Exactly what i want is pause about 1 second on each "for" loop?So would you please tell me how can i do it?

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cassiej81

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thanks hobbit!