UIScrollBar Problem

I've got a dynamic text box that updates it's content from an
XML file everytime a 'section' button is pressed. I noticed some
odd UIScrollBar behaviour: When a section is first loaded that
extends beyond the text box bottom, there is a scroll bar, and when
I click to load into a section that has text longer than the text
box, the scroll bar persists appropriately. However, when I click
into a section that does not have enough content to create a scroll
bar, the scrollbar appropriately disappears. When I click to load
another section that has enough content to extend past the text box
bottom and create a scroll bar, the scroll bar does not appear.
It is only after I click into a section that does not have
enough initial content to create a scroll bar does the actual bar
disappear. The scroll 'pane' or 'track' is still there, just not
the bar for scrolling. I've looked at the Adobe LiveDocs here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Liv eDocs_Parts&file=00003694.html
I did not see a way to 'refresh' the scroll bar or ask it to
reconsider whether or not it needed to be drawn.

Yes there is no any way to 'refresh' the scroll bar, the
proper way is to reset the targetInstanceName property after the
new text loaded, e.g:
_root.yourscrollbar._targetInstanceName = "your text field
instance name";
good luck
GG

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