@Pavan, Thanks. An inspiring testimonial. After reading your response, I feel a bit like the slacker I sometimes see in others who ask for help with Core Java who haven't taken the time to do the basic research to answer their own questions. In my own defense, I would suggest that the volume and variety of data available on Core Java is a large multiple of that available for Pivot. (Frankly, JavaFX isn't much more accessible than Pivot, if at all.)
@Roger, I understood very little of what you said. On one hand, that inspires me to dig further to try to understand your points about the @DefaultProperty and the BXMLSerializer. On the other, it causes me to wonder if I'm up to the task. Yep, I read and mostly understand the BXML Primer, but I haven't read the BXMLSerializer source code. It's hard for me to imagine it to be a "fascinating read," but now I'm curious. @All, I'm not working to a deadline and I don't have to understand the framework completely within a certain timeframe, but I do have to see there's a possibility that the tools exist to achieve near mastery of the topic at some point in the not too distant future, say, within my lifetime. I'll try reading the source code to see if the Rosetta Stone might be hidden there, but I thought that's what the API was for. Not everyone has the skill/talent or commitment/patience to learn a complex technology by reading the source code. I don't admit it happily or easily, but I may be in that camp. I definitely know that I'm not the guy who can sit and stare at his inbox, waiting for an answer to a technical question required to continue a project. I accept that my experiences with Pivot are due to my own boundaries and limitations, so don't judge the product or its worthiness for your application by anything I've said. The product is impressive, and the community is largely available and eager to help. I'll be back after doing the additional study suggested by Pavan and Roger.
