[FMX] Text effect - Delay result

Hey All,

Firstly, I have been using these forums for only a week and my knowledge of flash has improved so much. Thanks.

I have an example of what I want to do here, http://bh.skynet.ie/time.htm . When you press ‘change text’, a new city is displayed with it’s local time (still has bugs). What I want to do is create the effect seen in airports and train stations. If you press ‘change text’ continuously, you’ll see what I mean. Therefore, I want the text to be shuffling for about 2 seconds, a small bit of a delay.

Here is some code:

[AS]
on (press) {

_root.prev_text = _root.text

pArray = ["BANGKOK","MUMBAI","SINGAPORE","LONDON","AMSTERDAM","VANCOUVER","JAKARTA","AUCKLAND","CHICAGO","NYC"];
num = Math.floor(Math.random()*pArray.length);

_global.somevar = pArray[num];

_root.text = pArray[num];

reset();



}

[/AS]

Also, I will be migrating this to an XML file. How would I transfer a list of cities in a XML file into an array,

Thanks in advance.