                 {
                     if (styleNames[i].length)
                     {
-                        styleDeclaration = styleManager.getStyleDeclaration("." + styleNames[i]);
+                        styleDeclaration = styleManager.getMergedStyleDeclaration("." + styleNames[i]);
                         if (styleDeclaration)
                             universalSelectors.push(styleDeclaration);
                     }

            }
            else
            {
                var decl:CSSStyleDeclaration = styleManager.getStyleDeclaration(type);
                if (decl)
                    classDecls.push(decl);
            }

                for (var c:int=0; c < styleNames.length; c++)
                {
                    if (styleNames[c].length) {
                        classSelectors.push(styleManager.getMergedStyleDeclaration("." + 
                            styleNames[c]));
                    }
                }    
