             // Setting 'content' temporarily causes 'text' to become null.
             // Later, after the 'content' has been committed into the TextFlow,
             // getting 'text' will extract the text from the TextFlow.
-            mx_internal::_text = null;
+            _text = null;
             textChanged = false;
             
             _content = value;

import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.engine.FontLookup;
import flash.text.engine.TextLine;

import flashx.textLayout.compose.ITextLineCreator;
import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ITextImporter;

        else
        {
            // We know text is non-null since it got this far.
            staticStringFactory.text = _text;
            staticStringFactory.textFlowFormat = hostFormat;
            staticStringFactory.createTextLines(addTextLine);
        }
        
        bounds = factory.contentBounds;
    }

    /**
