My only guess is that it allows you to set the default styles in css syntax rather than doing each style via s.setStyle(“styleName”, value);

I’d certainly be up to hearing the other side as I am no expert in this realm of flex. Mannu where are you?

In the post he states that the default way proposed by Adobe is wrong. However he did not make any claims as to why. I would like to know why, because the defaultFactory property on a CSSSTyleDeclaration instance leads me to believe what he is saying makes some sense. Any input is much appreciated.

As you stated I’m using mx_internal in that class. This is an extension of a ComboBox. But in I’m not using mx_internal in the code with the problem. Here is the problematic code:

private static var defaultStylesInitialized:Boolean = setDefaultStyles();

private static function setDefaultStyles():Boolean {

var oldS:CSSStyleDeclaration = StyleManager.getStyleDeclaration(“NewComboBox”);
var s:CSSStyleDeclaration = new CSSStyleDeclaration();

if (oldS) {
s = oldS;

StyleManager.clearStyleDeclaration(“NewComboBox”, true);
}

s.setStyle(“newButtonDisabledSkin”, disabledSkin);
s.setStyle(“newButtonDownSkin”, downSkin);
s.setStyle(“newButtonOverSkin”, overSkin);
s.setStyle(“newButtonUpSkin”, upSkin);

StyleManager.setStyleDeclaration(“NewComboBox”, s, true);

return true;
}

[Embed (source="/icons/disnew.png")]
private var disabledSkin:Class;

[Embed (source="/icons/downnew.png")]
private var downSkin:Class;

[Embed (source="/icons/overnew.png")]
private var overSkin:Class;

[Embed (source="/icons/upnew.png")]
private var upSkin:Class;