         // then regenerate the UIComponent's proto chain (and the proto chains
         // of this UIComponent's descendants).
         var isInheritingStyle:Boolean =
-            StyleManager.isInheritingStyle(styleProp);
+            styleManager.isInheritingStyle(styleProp);
         var isProtoChainInitialized:Boolean =
             inheritingStyles != StyleProtoChain.STYLE_UNINITIALIZED;
         if (isInheritingStyle)

     */
    override public function getStyle(styleProp:String):*
    {
        return (StyleManager.inheritingStyles[styleProp]) ?        
            inheritingStyles[styleProp] : nonInheritingStyles[styleProp];
    }


        // getting the tail of the proto chain, which is:
        //  - for non-inheriting styles, the global style sheet
        //  - for inheriting styles, my parent's style object
        var nonInheritChain:Object = styleManager.stylesRoot;

        var p:IStyleClient = parent as IStyleClient;
        if (p)
