Change the legend classification to single symbol for a theme in a project by editing the .apr file

Summary

Instructions provided show how to change the legend classification to single symbol for a theme in a project by editing the .apr file with a text editor.

Procedure

1. Open the .apr in a text editor such as WordPad or Notepad.
   
   

   Warning:
   Always make a backup before making any edits to an .apr file.

   
   
2. Search for the name of the theme whose legend you wish to change.
3. Locate the Legend legend and take note of its number. In this example it is 34.
   
   

   Code:
   (FTheme.15 
            Name: "Sample.shp" 
            Source: 16 
            Flags: 0x07 
            Legend: 34 
            Threshold: 138 
            View: 5 
            GSet: 139 
            LegEditScript: "View.EditLegend" 
            TxPos: 140 
            LabelField: 25 
   )

   
   
4. Preform a search for Legend.#. In this example Legend.34 would return the following:
   
   

   Code:
   (Legend.34 
            SymType: 0x02 
            LegType: 0x08 
            ClassType: 0x03 
            FieldNames: 35 
            Symbols: 36 
            Class: 113 
            Class: 114 
            Class: 115 
            Class: 116 
            Class: 117 
            Class: 118 
            Class: 119 
            Class: 120 
            Class: 121 
            Class: 122 
            Class: 123 
            Class: 124 
            Class: 125 
            Class: 126 
            Class: 127 
            Class: 128 
            Class: 129 
            Class: 130   
            Class: 131 
            StdDevs: 1.00000000000000 
            NullSym: 132 
            NullValues: 136 
            StatValues: 137 
            Precision: -3 
   )

   
   
5. Locate the LegType line and change its value. In this example, change 0x08 to 0x01.
6. Save the file.
7. Open the project and view with the theme.
   
   

   Note:
   The Table of Contents will appear classified but the theme will be one color, symbol, and so forth.

   
   
8. In the legend editor, change the classification to something other than single symbol.
9. Click Apply.
10. Change the classification back to single symbol.
11. Click Apply.
12. Save the project.