topic Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it  without using ArcGIS ? in Cartography and Maps Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874221#M873 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you just want to dump the style contents, maybe the following will be helpful:&nbsp;<A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0baef969273f4dc28e0c6ed167571748">Style Dump for ArcGIS 10.x</A> and <A class="link-titled" href="http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000004140" title="http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000004140">FAQ: Can the symbolsets in the Style Manager be printed?</A>&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 17:17:52 GMT JoshuaBixby 2017-05-26T17:17:52Z Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874213#M865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way around for me to open the styles to check what it is in there ? &nbsp;I copied the style file from my users folder under the Desktop10.3 folder and had to make backup.</P><P></P><P>Is there a possible for me to open it ?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 15:56:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874213#M865 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-26T15:56:55Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874214#M866 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>.style files are Access data files (.mdb) and .stylx files are SQLite data files (.sqlite).&nbsp; Although the files can be opened in other programs, and even edited, doing so risks corrupting the style file.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 16:05:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874214#M866 JoshuaBixby 2017-05-26T16:05:58Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874215#M867 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you.. How or where do I find for the SQLite Data files (.sqlite) I am not familiar with it ?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 16:22:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874215#M867 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-26T16:22:14Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it  without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874216#M868 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not sure what you are asking.&nbsp; If you are new to SQLite,&nbsp; <A class="link-titled" href="https://www.sqlite.org/about.html" title="https://www.sqlite.org/about.html">About SQLite</A>&nbsp; or <A class="link-titled" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite">SQLite - Wikipedia</A> are good places to start.&nbsp; If you are looking for a program to open or edit SQLite files, there are numerous properietary and open-source options available, just search for "SQLite browser" or "SQLite viewer" or something along those lines.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 16:34:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874216#M868 JoshuaBixby 2017-05-26T16:34:04Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874217#M869 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Do they have it in portable rather than install on my computer ? &nbsp; I will check them thanks though.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 16:36:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874217#M869 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-26T16:36:53Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874218#M870 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are Python modules that work with SQLite files, so you shouldn't have to do install.&nbsp; See <A href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/sqlite3.html">11.13. sqlite3 — DB-API 2.0 interface for SQLite databases</A> and&nbsp;<A href="http://www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-python/">SQLite Python (tutorial)</A>&nbsp;for ideas</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 16:47:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874218#M870 RandyBurton 2017-05-26T16:47:47Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874219#M871 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes I was able to open it and see it but Problem why is there no icon or symbols to see it the "Picture" . It is all in words...</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 17:02:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874219#M871 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-26T17:02:07Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874220#M872 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Never mind !!!!! &nbsp;I figured it out.... if you need to see it, you can make a copy of the file other than the user's folder and copy to different &nbsp;folder.... That way you can go to blank in ArcMap and then open it up in Style Manager and "Add Style to List" and review it from there....</P><P></P><P>Phew !!!!!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 17:16:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874220#M872 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-26T17:16:31Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it  without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874221#M873 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you just want to dump the style contents, maybe the following will be helpful:&nbsp;<A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0baef969273f4dc28e0c6ed167571748">Style Dump for ArcGIS 10.x</A> and <A class="link-titled" href="http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000004140" title="http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000004140">FAQ: Can the symbolsets in the Style Manager be printed?</A>&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 17:17:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874221#M873 JoshuaBixby 2017-05-26T17:17:52Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874222#M874 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the info !</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 17:24:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874222#M874 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-26T17:24:01Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it  without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874223#M875 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If either one of my or <A href="https://community.esri.com/people/rvburton">rvburton</A>‌'s comments answered your question, please mark this question answered so others know you are not still seeking an answer.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 17:44:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874223#M875 JoshuaBixby 2017-05-26T17:44:12Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874224#M876 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Apparently 'Assumed Answered' is the best you are going to get.&nbsp; Perhaps Robert might reconsider</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 May 2017 19:53:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874224#M876 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-05-26T19:53:44Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874225#M877 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not sure what you mean me to reconsider it? Why is that ?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 May 2017 23:42:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874225#M877 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2017-05-29T23:42:33Z Re: Question about Styles and How do I open it  without using ArcGIS ? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874226#M878 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In my estimation at least Joshua's answer was correct... recognized or not</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 May 2017 00:00:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/question-about-styles-and-how-do-i-open-it-without/m-p/874226#M878 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-05-30T00:00:45Z