FYI, I just succeeded in fixing this bug by modifying UIComponent code. To get it compiled into the SWF I added the Flex SDK 2/frameworks/source folder to the build path.
Dirk. > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Eismann > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:06 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Setting UIComponent.errorString > creates a black border around the component > > It still does not work as expected. I just debugged > UIComponent and it turns out that the bug is in the > setBorderColorForErrorString() method. > The black border appeasr when the origBorderColor is NaN. So > the fix would be something like > > if (isNaN(origBorderColor)) > origBorderColor = getStyle("borderColor"); > > I just wanted to fix the code on my machine and then > recompile the framework.swc but noticed that there's no > build_framework.xml Ant script any more in Flex 2.0.1 > > Dirk. > >
