Not to spam everyone here, but I have started a new site to archive tips for flex developers: http://flextips.corank.com. As we get our questions answered on this mailing list I would appreciate if we could post the answers on a blog or something and link to it from that site. This way other developers can check that site for solutions and not have to go through the pain a second time.
If you dont have a blog, please email me and I will put up the tip on my blog and link to it crediting you with the story of course. thanks arpit

