Triggering a state transition via time

Question

Something that comes up often for me is the need to jump from one state to another after a certain amount
of time (as opposed to a user clicking on something).
For example, lets say you are prototyping a search interface. The sequence is:
1) The user fills in a form and clicks "Search"    (state 1)
2) The UI displays a "searching" indicator for a few seconds (state 2)
3) Search Results are displayed (state 3)
Note that the user does not "click" anything to go from "state 2" to "state 3"; it happens
automatically after some specified time.
For the life of me I cannon figure out how to do this in Flash Catalyst gracefully. You can kind of fake it
my fading things in the timeline, but this seems "hacky"; also, I cannot figure out how to fade something in AND
fade something out in the same transition (to simulate state 2 above).
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Rob

Answer 1

Hey! thanx for your quick reply. This really sucks.....
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:06:28 -0700
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Subject: Triggering a state transition via time
You can't do this in Catalyst; you have to add timer code in Flash Builder. And what totally sucks is that once you modify code in Flash Builder, you can't bring it back into Catalyst; it's a one way street
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