Closing mxml container using a button on a PDF form

i'm working on an adobe air application using flex builder. Inside this application I use the mxml container in flex to open a pdf form that is designed using livecycle Designer 8.2. I have exit buttons on the form that use the following code to close the form:
var myDoc = event.target;
myDoc.closeDoc(true);
This code works just fine when the form is opened in acrobat reader but it doesnt work when it is opened from inside the flex container. Is there any way i can close the form and the container by clicking a button from inside the form.
Thanks
Karim Ainine

Set the button's properties to "Visible but doesn't print"

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