Turn off themes in a project by editing the .apr file

Summary

This article shows how to turn off themes 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.
3. Locate the line called Flags under the theme. Example:
   
   

   Code:
   (FTheme.10
   	Name:	"Sample.shp"
   	Source:	11
   	Flags:	0x07
   	Legend:	21
   	Threshold:	40
   	View:	41
   	GSet:	407
   	LegEditScript:	"View.EditLegend"
   	TxPos:	408
   	LabelField:	16
   	Table:	6
   	SnapTolCursor:	1
   )

   
   
4. Change the value of Flags according to the following:
   
   

   0x01      off, active, legend hid 
   0x02      on, not active, legend hid 
   0x03      on, active, legend hid 
   0x04      off and not active 
   0x05      off and active 
   0x06      on but not active 
   0x07      on and active 
   0x08      off, not active, legend hid 

   
   In the example above, change 0x07 to 0x04.
5. Save the .apr file.