Sliding canvases between states

We are building an application with multiple steps (similar
to a wizard). Between each step, we would like the panel from the
current step to slide to the left and the new panel to slide in
from the right. The tricky part is that we would like to define a
single reusable transition to handle this as opposed to one per
step.
We have the effects figured out (using Move, AddChildAction,
RemoveChildAction); however, the current panel simply disappears.
It seems that the state change is occurring before the transition
is finished. We have been trying to setup the targets for the
transition effects from the currentStateChanging event...is this to
late? Is there a better time in the lifecycle to do this?
Is there a better design? We have discussed eliminating
states and just adding child elements as necessary as well, but
would need to find a way to trigger the change (we are using
Cairngorm).
Thanks!

For a wizard, I'd use a ViewStack. Something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute">
<mx:Move id="slideLeft" xFrom="0" xTo="-500" />
<mx:Move id="slideRight" xFrom="500" xTo="0" />
<mx:ViewStack x="78" y="123" id="viewstack1" width="404"
height="349">
<mx:Panel label="panel1" width="100%" height="100%"
id="panel1" title="Panel 1"
showEffect="slideRight" hideEffect="slideLeft">
</mx:Panel>
<mx:Panel label="panel2" width="100%" height="100%"
id="panel2" title="Panel 2"
showEffect="slideRight" hideEffect="slideLeft">
</mx:Panel>
<mx:Panel label="panel3" width="100%" height="100%"
title="Panel 3" id="panel3"
showEffect="slideRight" hideEffect="slideLeft">
</mx:Panel>
<mx:Panel label="panel4" width="100%" height="100%"
title="Panel4"
showEffect="slideRight" hideEffect="slideLeft">
</mx:Panel>
</mx:ViewStack>
<mx:LinkBar x="78" y="80" dataProvider="{viewstack1}">
</mx:LinkBar>
</mx:Application>

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