Listing 1

_global.styles.myStyle1 = new mx.styles.CSSStyleDeclaration();
_global.styles.myStyle2 = new mx.styles.CSSStyleDeclaration();
_global.styles.myStyle1.setStyle("backgroundColor","0x003366");
_global.styles.myStyle2.setStyle("backgroundColor","0xCC0000");
myComboBox.setStyle("styleName","myStyle1");
myTextArea.setStyle("styleName","myStyle1");
myScrollPane.setStyle("styleName","myStyle2");
myList.setStyle("styleName","myStyle2");