Any sleep/pause/wait function in flex/AS

Question

I am new to flex and this forum. So can anyone tell me how to produce a delay in my program. I just need 3 second delay in my program.
I just need to write a delay function. The function look like..
private function delay():void
     // 3 second delay code
Thank you,
--Amit

Answer 1

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
  creationComplete="init();">
  <mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
      private var myTimer1:Timer;
      private var myTimer2:Timer;
      [Bindable] private var num1:uint = 0;
      [Bindable] private var num2:uint = 0;
      private function init():void{
        myTimer1 = new Timer(3000, 1);
        myTimer1.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, timerHandler1);
        myTimer1.start();
        myTimer2 = new Timer(1000, 0);
        myTimer2.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerHandler2);
        myTimer2.start();
      public function timerHandler1(event:TimerEvent):void {
        num1++;
      public function timerHandler2(event:TimerEvent):void {
        num2++;
    ]]>
  </mx:Script>
  <mx:Label id="lbl_1" fontSize="40" text="{String(num1)}"/>
  <mx:Label id="lbl_2" fontSize="40" text="{String(num2)}"/>
</mx:Application>