Flex Underline Links in a TextArea Component

import flash.text.StyleSheet;

private function init():void {            
 var ss:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet;         

 // Define an object for the "hover" state of the "a" tag.
 var hoverStyles:Object = new Object;            
 hoverStyles.textDecoration = "underline";
 hoverStyles.color = "#FF00CC";

 // Define an object for the non-hover state of the "a" tag.
 var linkStyles:Object = new Object;         
 linkStyles.color = "#FF00CC";

 // Apply the newly defined styles.
 ss.setStyle("a:hover", hoverStyles);
 ss.setStyle("a", linkStyles);

 // Apply the StyleSheet to the TextArea control.
 myTA.styleSheet = ss;                   
}