      */
     public function TextGraphic()
     {
-        // Initialize staticImportExportConfiguration at instance-creation
-        // time rather than at static initialization time, to avoid
-        // any class-initialization-order problems.
-        if (!staticImportExportConfiguration)
-        {
-            staticImportExportConfiguration =
-                ImportExportConfiguration.defaultConfiguration;
-            
-            ImportExportConfiguration.restoreDefaults();
-        }
-
         super();
 
         _content = textFlow = createEmptyTextFlow();

            getStyle("whiteSpaceCollapse");
		staticConfiguration.textFlowInitialCharacterFormat =
            staticCharacterFormat;
		staticImportExportConfiguration.textFlowConfiguration =
            staticConfiguration; 

        if (markup is String)
        {

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