ary. Instead, a simple assignment 
         statement like the following will work:</p>
                  <div class='listing'><pre>var backgroundColor:uint = getStyle("backgroundColor");</pre></div>
                  <p>If the style property is not set in the style lookup chain, this method
         returns a value of <code>undefined</code>. Note that <code>undefined</code> 
         is a special value that is not the same as <code>false</code>, "", <code>NaN</code>, 
         0, or <code>null</code>. No v