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Technical Article   HowTo:  Print the symbol and palettes that are associated with ArcMap

Article ID: 21180
Software:  ArcGIS - ArcEditor 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10 ArcGIS - ArcView 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10
Platforms:  Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP

Summary

Instructions provided are steps to print the color and symbol palettes that are associated with ArcMap. This process is otherwise known as a StyleDump.

Procedure

To dump symbols or colors, it is necessary to load a sample development script. Perform the following steps only once.

  1. Open an empty MXD file in ArcMap.
  2. Navigate to Tools > Customize.
  3. Select the Commands tab.
  4. Click 'Add from File...'.
  5. Navigate to the Style Dump directory.

    • ArcGIS 9.x:
    Download the sample from the ESRI Developer Network. See the link in the Related Information section below.

    • ArcGIS 8.2 & 8.3:
    <drive>:\arcgis\arcexe8x\ArcObjects Developer Kit\Samples\ArcMap\Styles\Style Dump

    • ArcGIS 8.1:
    <drive>:\arcgis\arcexe81\ArcObjects Developer Kit\Samples\ArcMap\Symbology\Symbols\Style Dump
  6. Select StyleDump.dll. Click Open.
  7. The Developer Samples category appears on the Commands tab.
  8. Drag the StyleDump command from the dialog box to a place on one of the toolbars.
  9. To print sample symbols or colors:

    A. Click Layout View.
    B. Click the Style Dump button.
    C. Select the Symbol Type.
    D. Clicking Display places the symbols in the layout.

     To dump symbols from another style, activate a different style through the Style Manager.

  10. Navigate to File > Print to print the selected palette.

     Change the size of the layout by navigating to File > Page Setup.


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Created: 12/13/2001
Last Modified: 5/6/2011

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By Anonymous - 01/08/2008 3:11 PM

The article needs to be updated.

Log in as administrator to get this to work.

By Anonymous - 01/16/2006 1:12 PM

Just need to update the article for link for 9.1 C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\DeveloperKit\samples\Cartography\Style_DumpVisual_Basic.zip

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By Anonymous - 08/17/2005 12:12 PM

Is this also applicable to ArcGIS v9.0 or v9.1?

By Anonymous - 04/28/2005 1:19 PM

Can you please update for 9.x. The Style Dump is now located in ...\ArcGIS\DeveloperKit\samples\Cartography\Styles\Style_Dump\Visual_Basic

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By Anonymous - 04/10/2003 2:56 AM

But it didn't work! For marker symbols it doesn't accept any other categories than 'Default'.

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By Anonymous - 04/01/2003 10:00 AM

Very helpful! Perhaps you could include this function in the Style Manager in a future release.

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By Anonymous - 02/06/2003 10:32 AM

Exactly what I was looking for. This should be a default feature in ArcGIS. Not hidden away like it is.

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By Anonymous - 01/24/2003 3:04 PM

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