<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:ComboBox xmlns:mx="http:>
<mx:dataProvider>
<mx:ArrayCollection>
<mx:String>January</mx:String>
<mx:String>February</mx:String>
<mx:String>March</mx:String>
<mx:String>April</mx:String>
<mx:String>May</mx:String>
<mx:String>June</mx:String>
<mx:String>July</mx:String>
<mx:String>August</mx:String>
<mx:String>September</mx:String>
<mx:String>October</mx:String>
<mx:String>November</mx:String>
<mx:String>December</mx:String>
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</mx:dataProvider>
</mx:ComboBox>
Note: I believe the canvas width in the rendered example above was set too small.
If you downloaded the zip file that contains the applications in this module, MainForm.mxml above refers to CustomComponent1.mxml in the zip file. You'll need to change the following line to match the tutorial above:
<custom:ComboBoxMonths0 id="month" />
(note the zero after ComboBoxMonths)