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If you define a style in only one place in a document, Flex uses that definition to set a property's value. However, an application can have several style sheets, local style definitions, external style properties, and style properties set directly on component instances. In such a situation, Flex determines the value of a property by looking for its definition in all these places in a specific order.
Lower-level styles take precedence over higher-level or external styles. If you set a style on an instance, and then set the style globally, the global style does not override the local style, even if you set it after you set the local style.
Flex 2.01
