topic Re: Can you create a .style with python? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57146#M4527 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Geez. Why cant syles just be in json? Always gotta use proprietary formats don't you esri?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:34:19 GMT ChrisMathers 2015-06-30T18:34:19Z Can you create a .style with python? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57144#M4525 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a spread sheet with a bunch of colors in it and I really dont feel like typing them all in. Can I do this automatically with python? I've opened one and it is a binary file so I would need to know the encoding to use struct on it.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:11:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57144#M4525 ChrisMathers 2015-06-30T18:11:45Z Re: Can you create a .style with python? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57145#M4526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Arcpy does not offer the possibility to create a new style and create new items. See: <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/analyze/arcpy-mapping/styleitem-class.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/analyze/arcpy-mapping/styleitem-class.htm">StyleItem—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P></P><P>For this you would require ArcObjects.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:27:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57145#M4526 XanderBakker 2015-06-30T18:27:04Z Re: Can you create a .style with python? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57146#M4527 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Geez. Why cant syles just be in json? Always gotta use proprietary formats don't you esri?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:34:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57146#M4527 ChrisMathers 2015-06-30T18:34:19Z Re: Can you create a .style with python? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57147#M4528 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Would be nice to have that option or access to a finer grained object model in python.</P><P></P><P>For now you could use ArcObjects in Python (see this example: <A href="https://community.esri.com/migration-blogpost/1175">Create a new MXD through Python.</A> ). For VB code to manipulate the Styles, see this old post: <A href="http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/CPP_VB6_VBA_VCPP_Doc/COM_Samples_Docs/Cartography/Styles/d6f0e367-2dd4-4423-98a3-cbb495e83c36.htm" title="http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/CPP_VB6_VBA_VCPP_Doc/COM_Samples_Docs/Cartography/Styles/d6f0e367-2dd4-4423-98a3-cbb495e83c36.htm">Add a Symbol to the Style Gallery</A> </P><P></P><P>Or just use VBA ArcObjects if you have the "license" activate on your system.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:15:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/can-you-create-a-style-with-python/m-p/57147#M4528 XanderBakker 2015-06-30T19:15:45Z