topic Re: Change Layer Color in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308900#M24041 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Arcpy has a limited set of symbology properties that can be manipulated. (See the symbology and symbologyType properties on the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Layer/00s300000008000000/">Layer</A><SPAN> class for more details.) Directly changing the color is not one of the properties that is exposed. However, there is a workflow than can be used to accomplish this. The </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/UpdateLayer/00s30000003p000000/">UpdataLayer</A><SPAN> function has a symbology_only property that will take the symbology of a seed .lyr file and apply it to another layer in a map or .lyr file. The seed .lyr file needs to contain the symbology that you want to apply to the update_layer.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The fist code example in the UpdateLayer help topic should do exactly what you want.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:33:44 GMT JeffMoulds 2013-02-15T14:33:44Z Change Layer Color https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308899#M24040 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How can I change the color of a polygon layer in my map using python codes.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for your help</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Babak</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:45:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308899#M24040 babakkasraei 2013-02-15T12:45:55Z Re: Change Layer Color https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308900#M24041 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Arcpy has a limited set of symbology properties that can be manipulated. (See the symbology and symbologyType properties on the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Layer/00s300000008000000/">Layer</A><SPAN> class for more details.) Directly changing the color is not one of the properties that is exposed. However, there is a workflow than can be used to accomplish this. The </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/UpdateLayer/00s30000003p000000/">UpdataLayer</A><SPAN> function has a symbology_only property that will take the symbology of a seed .lyr file and apply it to another layer in a map or .lyr file. The seed .lyr file needs to contain the symbology that you want to apply to the update_layer.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The fist code example in the UpdateLayer help topic should do exactly what you want.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:33:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308900#M24041 JeffMoulds 2013-02-15T14:33:44Z Re: Change Layer Color https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308901#M24042 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:39:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/change-layer-color/m-p/308901#M24042 babakkasraei 2013-02-15T19:39:34Z