Styling the Alert control’s message text

The following example shows how you can customize the appearance of the message text in an Alert control in Flex by setting the messageStyleName style

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/01/03/styling-the-alert-controls-message-text/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        creationComplete="init();">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Comic Sans MS");
            fontFamily: myComicSansMS;
            fontWeight: normal;
        }

        @font-face {
            src: local("Comic Sans MS");
            fontFamily: myComicSansMS;
            fontWeight: bold;
        }

        Alert {
            messageStyleName: myCustomMessageStyleName;
        }

        .myCustomMessageStyleName {
            color: haloOrange;
            fontFamily: myComicSansMS;
            fontSize: 10;
            fontWeight: normal;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;

            private var alert:Alert;

            private function init():void {
                var myMessage:String = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.\nDonec tincidunt sollicitudin sem.";
                var myTitle:String = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog";
                alert = Alert.show(myMessage, myTitle);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Button label="Launch alert" click="init();" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>