Combobox selected item disappears

programming flash
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When I select an item from the comboBox-list the selected item stays blank(visually) but the comboBox-list remains populated and change-event keeps firing.

This happens when I embed fonts and modifies or removes items from an existing combobox.

Here’s the code that causes the anomoly:
comboBox.textField.setStyle(“textFormat”, fontFormat);
comboBox.textField.setStyle(“embedFonts”, true);

Any suggestions?

Thx ahead!