In Aspire, text styles are managed via an external CSS file which is loaded and parsed automatically by the framework. This CSS file is by default “text.css” in the theme folder (so you can easily define different text styles that are appropriate for different themes).
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Aspire has its own focus manager that overrides the native behavior of the Flash Player. The tab focus chain is automatically set up based on the containment hierarchy (ie, the child index order is the tab focus chain order) – you do not need to set up “tabIndex” manually in your application code.

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In Aspire, the amount of absolute positioning and sizing in application code that you need to do is minimal. By using layout containers such as the uiBox and layout hints such as “alignX”, “alignY”, “fillX”, “fillY”, “padding” and “margin”, you can easily achieve various types of UI layouts. This is important because as you change text styles, skins, and/or embedded contents, the desired sizes and positions of component instances will likely change. By using automatic layout, your UI components can reposition and resize automatically in response to changes in the text styles, skins, and/or embedded contents.

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The trial version of Aspire UI Components Set 1 is now available for download at

http://ghostwire.com/aspireui/download/

* This trial version is strictly for evaluation purposes.
* Compiled SWFs will only work with a debug version of the Flash Player
(such as the internal player of Adobe Flash CS3).
* Compiled SWFs will stop working some time in the future.
* Limitations are removed in the full commercial version.
* Adobe Flash CS3 is required (you must install the provided install.mxp).
* Actionscript 3.0 coding is required.

The AS3 API Reference is available at
http://ghostwire.com/aspireui/docs/api/

If you have any question, please feel free to register and post at the new forums at

http://ghostwire.com/discuss/