Creating customized shapes

Hello,
I'm quite new in Flex and I wanted to try to build an
application using Flex.
I would like to know if there is any possibility to create
customized shapes with Flex for example shapes like clouds and
arrows and then use these shapes in the web based application with
a simple drag and drop.
Thanks in advance for your help
Erjona!

Hi,
I'm new to flex too but I think this you would have to make
the shapes in flash and apply them as skins in flex. You can get
the flash flex template extensions here
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex_skins
Thanks

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