Adobe Air Skin Customization ...

Hello all,
I am after some advice and am hoping, the fine people here can help me, I am struggling to find an answer!  Essentially, I am looking to customize the standard skins of the Adobe Air ouput generated by RoboHelp 8.  Similar threads didn't come up with any definitive answers, these can be found here and here.
Is it possible?
Thanks in advance for your help, it's most appreciated.
Regards,
Alex.

Hi Peter,
Thanks for moving the thread and for your reply.
I fully expected developer involvement (I have one lined up) but I couldn't find any clear guidance on how a developer goes about this?!?  The developers in question have experience with Adobe Air applications in general but not with those applications created in RoboHelp 8.  Could the RoboHelp 8 output be imported into Flex for example?
Thanks again for your help,
Regards,
Alex.

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