Flash MX 2004 component dataSource

I need to edit a menu bar Flash component that was bundeled with Flash MX 2004. I like to be able to change the COLOR of the menu bar buttons. I am not sure how to edit this dataSource component in Flash CS4. The xml document assosiated with the Flash component does not allow me to change the color of the buttons or roll over buttons. DO I neeed to reinstal flash MX 2004 to edit the color of the buttons in the dataSource flash componenet?
thanks

This is not the answer you want, but if you can get yourself
a copy of Flash 8, you'll have almost exactly the same program with
a better interface...and it won't crash on you! (BTW, Flash 8 is
still the standard in most places.) I loved Flash 7, better known
as the 2004 MX versions, but it was buggy and cranky because it was
released too soon. Flash 8 was much better and far more
user-friendly.

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