         staticTextLayoutFormat.verticalAlign = FormatValue.INHERIT;
         staticTextLayoutFormat.whiteSpaceCollapse =
             getStyle("whiteSpaceCollapse");
-        textFlow.hostTextLayoutFormat = staticTextLayoutFormat;
+        textFlow.hostFormat = staticTextLayoutFormat;
 
         textFlow.mxmlChildren = children;
 

    private static var staticConfiguration:Configuration =
        new Configuration();
    
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    //  Constructor

import flashx.textLayout.formats.VerticalAlign;
import flashx.textLayout.tlf_internal;

import mx.core.EmbeddedFont;
import mx.core.EmbeddedFontRegistry;
import mx.core.IEmbeddedFontRegistry;
import mx.core.IFlexModuleFactory;
import mx.core.IFontContextComponent;
import mx.core.IUIComponent;
import mx.core.Singleton;
import mx.core.mx_internal;
import mx.managers.ISystemManager;
import spark.primitives.supportClasses.TextGraphicElement;
import spark.utils.TextUtil;

