Using flash-based UI components in Flash Builder 4?

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I am trialling Flash Builder 4 Premium.

I'd like to know if it is possible to use components designed for Flash (e.g. http://www.oxylusflash.com/membership and http://www.jumpeyecomponents.com/Flash-Components/Various/JC-Collectio n-385/ , amongst many others) in Flash Builder 4? How can I import them? By import, I also mean they are first class citizens like the out-of-the-box Flash Builder 4 components.

Thanks

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apache-flexflex4flash-builderflash-cs5flex4.5

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Unless they implement the UIComponent class, they will not conform to the layout and other functionality traits of other "Spark" or MX components.

That means you can't use them in states, have them be part of a layout (properly), or assign them styles and skin them easily the same way that you do with a stock component.

That being said, yes... you can use them. You just need to work with outside the context of the "Flex" framework.