Hi everyone,
Thank you for all of your assistance on this, it is very much appreciated!
MayMay - In fact, I tried that early on and it was a no go.
Anthony - I moved the ags/"skins" directory and its subdirs under the "com.esri" directory and the errors went away. I recompiled but to no avail. See my attached screen shot of the correction if you don't mind.
Dasa - It seems like such a minor code change and it's frustrating that I can't make it happen.
Even with all of the guidance from everyone, I don't want to waste any more of your time on this. I really tried to research this issue on my own before posting here. Great to hear this is fixed in the next release. I'll deal with it then.
Thanks,
John