Sometimes you need to pass values from components to skin, for example having a dynamic layout. Using Flex sdk 4 you can transfer values using content property of the hostComponent ({hostComponent.content}).
I made a small example that use hostComponent.content, changing the values of HSliders the colors of the component will be changed.
So [...]
The next release of Flex SDK is code-named Hero. It has three main goals:
Multi-Screen Development: Allow developers to build applications that target the web, desktop or mobile devices using a single unified framework.
Spark Maturation: Polish and grow the Spark architecture by adding new Spark components and capabilities.
Large-Application Development: Support developers building large applications by improving [...]
Now Flash Builder 4 and Flex SDK 4 are available, so we can play around in beta version.
As you probably already know there are same changes regarding skinning from Halo to Spark, I search the web, I read the manual and I think that I got some skills .
It will be a series of [...]