 		{
 			// If our background is a solid color, use it as the opaqueBackground property
 			// for this renderer. This makes scrolling considerably faster.
-            if (_useOpaqueBackground)
+            var useOpaqueBackground: * = getStyle("useOpaqueBackground") ;        // if not defined, then true
+            if (useOpaqueBackground == undefined || useOpaqueBackground == true )
 			     opaqueBackgroundColor = backgroundColor;
 		}
 

 */
[Style(name="verticalAlign", type="String", enumeration="bottom,middle,top", inherit="no")]


//--------------------------------------
//  Excluded APIs

     *  Whether or not we're the last element in the list
     */
    mx_internal var isLastItem:Boolean = false;
    
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
