change listbox values setStyle isnt working for me?

Hi guys and gals - flash cs3 here I cant change the compnonent lists font values - in particular the font color...

I can use this and it works fine

Code:

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playList.setStyle("contentPadding", 50);

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but this has no effect?!?!

Code:

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playList.setStyle("color", "red");

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I have looked through the help section which isnt very helpful and have googled around and there isnt much so that makes me think I am missing something.

Does anyone have a list of styles that can be changed in a list? or a reference to them?

thanks in advance for any help you can give to this problem

so this is the solution I have found

Code:

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var colorTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
colorTextFormat.color = 0xFFFFFF;
colorTextFormat.font = "Arial";
colorTextFormat.size = 10;
StyleManager.setStyle("colorTextFormat",colorTextFormat);

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This forum seems a little dead - thats two of my own questions I have answered!