Removing the vertical separator from the Halo ComboBox control in Flex 4

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/07/11/removing-the-vertical-separator-from-the-halo-combobox-control-in-flex-4/ -->
<s:Application name="Halo_ComboBox_skin_test"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo">
 
    <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox"
            dataProvider="[The,Quick,Brown,Fox,Jumps,Over,The,Lazy,Dog]"
            skin="skins.CustomComboBoxSkin"
            horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="-60" />
 
</s:Application>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/07/11/removing-the-vertical-separator-from-the-halo-combobox-control-in-flex-4/ -->
<local:SparkSkinForHalo name="CustomComboBoxSkin"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:local="mx.skins.spark.*"
        minWidth="21" minHeight="21"
        alpha.disabled="0.5">
    <!-- states -->
    <local:states>
        <s:State name="up" />
        <s:State name="over" />
        <s:State name="down" />
        <s:State name="disabled" />
    </local:states>
 
    <fx:Script>
        /* Define the skin elements that should not be colorized. 
           For button, the graphics are colorized but the arrow is not. */
        static private const exclusions:Array = ["arrow"];
        override public function get colorizeExclusions():Array {
            return exclusions;
        }
 
        /* Define the symbol fill items that should be colored by the "symbolColor" style. */
        static private const symbols:Array = ["arrowFill1", "arrowFill2"];
        override public function get symbolItems():Array {
            return symbols
        }
 
        /* Define the border items.*/
        static private const borderItem:Array = ["borderEntry1", "borderEntry2"];
        override protected function get borderItems():Array {
            return borderItem;
        }
    </fx:Script>
 
    <!-- layer 1: shadow -->
    <s:Rect left="-1" right="-1" top="-1" bottom="-1" radiusX="2" radiusY="2">
        <s:fill>
            <s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
                <s:GradientEntry color="0x000000" 
                        color.down="0xFFFFFF"
                        alpha="0.01"
                        alpha.down="0" />
                <s:GradientEntry color="0x000000" 
                        color.down="0xFFFFFF" 
                        alpha="0.07"
                        alpha.down="0.5" />
            </s:LinearGradient>
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 2: fill -->
    <s:Rect left="1" right="1" top="1" bottom="1" radiusX="2" radiusY="2">
        <s:fill>
            <s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
                <s:GradientEntry color="0xFFFFFF" 
                        color.over="0xBBBDBD" 
                        color.down="0xAAAAAA" 
                        alpha="0.85" />
                <s:GradientEntry color="0xD8D8D8" 
                        color.over="0x9FA0A1" 
                        color.down="0x929496" 
                        alpha="0.85" />
            </s:LinearGradient>
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 3: fill lowlight -->
    <s:Rect left="1" right="1" bottom="1" height="9" radiusX="2" radiusY="2">
        <s:fill>
            <s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
                <s:GradientEntry color="0x000000" alpha="0.0099" />
                <s:GradientEntry color="0x000000" alpha="0.0627" />
            </s:LinearGradient>
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 4: fill highlight -->
    <s:Rect left="1" right="1" top="1" height="9" radiusX="2" radiusY="2">
        <s:fill>
            <s:SolidColor color="0xFFFFFF" 
                    alpha="0.33" 
                    alpha.over="0.22" 
                    alpha.down="0.12" />
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 5: highlight stroke (all states except down) -->
    <s:Rect left="1" right="1" top="1" bottom="1" radiusX="2" radiusY="2" excludeFrom="down">
        <s:stroke>
            <s:LinearGradientStroke rotation="90" weight="1">
                <s:GradientEntry color="0xFFFFFF" alpha.over="0.22" />
                <s:GradientEntry color="0xD8D8D8" alpha.over="0.22" />
            </s:LinearGradientStroke>
        </s:stroke>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 6: highlight stroke (down state only) -->
    <s:Rect left="1" top="1" bottom="1" width="1" includeIn="down">
        <s:fill>
            <s:SolidColor color="0x000000" alpha="0.07" />
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
    <s:Rect right="1" top="1" bottom="1" width="1" includeIn="down">
        <s:fill>
            <s:SolidColor color="0x000000" alpha="0.07" />
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
    <s:Rect left="2" top="1" right="2" height="1" includeIn="down">
        <s:fill>
            <s:SolidColor color="0x000000" alpha="0.25" />
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
    <s:Rect left="1" top="2" right="1" height="1" includeIn="down">
        <s:fill>
            <s:SolidColor color="0x000000" alpha="0.09" />
        </s:fill>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 7: border - put on top of the fill so it doesn't disappear when scale is less than 1 -->
    <s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" width="69" height="20" radiusX="2" radiusY="2">
        <s:stroke>
            <s:LinearGradientStroke rotation="90" weight="1">
                <s:GradientEntry id="borderEntry1" 
                        alpha="0.5625"
                        alpha.down="0.6375" />
                <s:GradientEntry id="borderEntry2" 
                        alpha="0.75" 
                        alpha.down="0.85" />
            </s:LinearGradientStroke>
        </s:stroke>
    </s:Rect>
 
    <!-- layer 8: arrow -->
    <s:Path right="6" verticalCenter="0" id="arrow"
          data="M 4.0 4.0 L 4.0 3.0 L 5.0 3.0 L 5.0 2.0 L 6.0 2.0 L 6.0 1.0 L 7.0 1.0 L 7.0 0.0 L 0.0 0.0 L 0.0 1.0 L 1.0 1.0 L 1.0 2.0 L 2.0 2.0 L 2.0 3.0 L 3.0 3.0 L 3.0 4.0 L 4.0 4.0">
        <s:fill>
            <s:RadialGradient rotation="90" focalPointRatio="1">
                <s:GradientEntry id="arrowFill1" color="0" alpha="0.6" />
                <s:GradientEntry id="arrowFill2" color="0" alpha="0.8" />
            </s:RadialGradient>
        </s:fill>
    </s:Path>
 
</local:SparkSkinForHalo>