[MX2004] setStyle and the Scrollpane

In the past, I have been able to modify the scrollpane component with some AS in a frame of a movieclip that has the component inside it anywhere.

For this old project, I used the following in the top layer, first frame:

scroller.setStyle(“themeColor”, “0x0089A6”);
scroller.setStyle(“borderStyle”, “none”);
scroller.setStyle(“scrollTrack”,“none”);
scroller.setStyle(“arrow”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“background”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“backgroundDisabled”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“foregroundDisabled”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“face”,“0x0089A6”);
scroller.setStyle(“highlight3D”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“highlight”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“shadow”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“darkshadow”,“0xFFFFFF”);
scroller.setStyle(“symbolColor”,“0x0089A6”);
scroller.setStyle(“focusRectInner”,“0x0089A6”);
scroller.setStyle(“focusRectOuter”,“0x0089A6”);
scroller.border_mc._height=0
scroller.border_mc._width=0

the instance name of the scrollpane was titled scroller.

I go to do this with a new project, and it’s not changing any of it. Is there something I’m missing? The scrollpane instance is named ‘scroller’ (case sensitive and all). Really, everything is reflecting this old file. Actionscript 2.0, flashplayer 7 compatibility…

brainfarts.
any help is appreciated. I’m losing sleep.