         public function get styleSheet():StyleSheet
         {
             // Note: TextField does NOT return a copy of the StyleSheet.
-            return _htmlHelper ? _htmlHelper._styleSheet : null;
+            return _htmlHelper ? _htmlHelper.styleSheet : null;
         }
         
         /**

     *  the html from the textFlow, we need the orginal htmlText for the cases 
     *  where we need to regenerate the html text lines.
     */
    public var explicitHTMLText:String = null;
    
    /**
     *  @private

     */
    private function get htmlImporter():ITextImporter
    {
        var format:TextLayoutFormat;
        var config:Configuration;
        
       // Note that which importer we return depends on the value
        // of condenseWhite was at the time that htmlText was set,
        // not on the current value of condenseWhite,
        // since it could change between htmlText being set
        // and the TextLines being composed.
        if (textField.testFlag(FTETextField.FLAG_EFFECTIVE_CONDENSE_WHITE))
        {
            if (!collapsingHTMLImporter)
            {
                 // Create an importer for TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT that collapses whitespace.
                // Note: We have to make a copy of the textFlowInitialFormat,
                // which has various formats set to "inherit",
                // and then modify it and set it back.
                config = new Configuration();
                format = new TextLayoutFormat(config.textFlowInitialFormat);
                format.whiteSpaceCollapse = "collapse";
                config.textFlowInitialFormat = format;
                collapsingHTMLImporter =
                    TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT, config);
                collapsingHTMLImporter.throwOnError = false;               
            }

            return collapsingHTMLImporter;    
        }
        else
        {
            if (!preservingHTMLImporter)
            {
                // Create an importer for TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT that preserves whitespace.
                // Note: We have to make a copy of the textFlowInitialFormat,
                // which has various formats set to "inherit",
                // and then modify it and set it back.
                config = new Configuration();
                format = new TextLayoutFormat(config.textFlowInitialFormat);
                format.whiteSpaceCollapse = "preserve";
                config.textFlowInitialFormat = format;
                preservingHTMLImporter =
                    TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT, config);
                preservingHTMLImporter.throwOnError = false;                
            }

            return preservingHTMLImporter;
        }
    }   
    
    /**
