Urgent:Flex 3 Dashboard in Flash 4

Hi
I have a need to implement dashboard for a project.
I tried using the dahboard example bundled with Flex 3.
It works all fine.
However, when I try to compile it using Flash 4 I am facing a peculiar problem.
Everything else works fine except that when I minimize a pod it never gets maximized.
I checked for the event listeners.
There are two event listeners attached to the title bar of the panel.These dispatch the maximize event.
However, after putting debug points for the method calls, I found that incase of flash 4 these events never get invoked.
Can anyone please help me with this.
Appreciating all your help,
Yukti

Hi, I am having same problem as you described and found out the way to set up the CSS file. Now it hooks all the buttons and so on properly. But minimized button still doesn't go to maximized. I thought it has some problems with EventListener. Couldn't find how.
Is there anything that I should change to get minimized pod back to maximized?
Thanks in advance!!
Mihwa

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Log Message:
In ASDoc comment, change reference of "Flex Builder" to "Flash Builder"
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