topic Re: Themes question (well, two actually) in QlikView

Themes question (well, two actually)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:15:14 GMT

Hi all,

a) Is there a way of getting the name of a theme that was used in a document, and

b) Is there a way of applying the theme in the code - I would like to set up a variable in my document (say "varSetBlackTheme") that will be set to 1 or 0 and then in code:

If varSetBlackTheme = 1

// apply black theme

// else

// Aply white theme

Thanx in advance for your help

Alexis

Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:12:37 GMT

Anyone know anything about themes? .... please?

Alexis

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:26:54 GMT

hi,

you can change theme of your document dynamically by running this macro:

sub A:

set obj = ActiveDocument.GetSheetObject("CH01")

obj.ApplyTheme "C:\Program Files (x86)\QlikView\Themes\forest.qvt"

end sub

Here is the sample app attached:

Change path of themes if macro is not working

Enjoy

Regards,

Arun Goel

Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:45:24 GMT

Thanx Arun

That was very helpful indeed - thanx - possibly the "Correct Answer".

Can I quickly ask:

a) How can I find out what theme I am currently using?

b) Is there any way that I can save my existing settings into a new theme. The wizard only accepts an exisiting theme (qvt) to act as the starting point before allowing modifications..

Thanx again

Alexis

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:05:05 GMT

hi,

There is no such method to find current theme,

for more methods like this you can refer to QV-API.

Found the attached file

Regards,

Arun Goel

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:18:11 GMT

And yes you can save youe existing theme ,

just follow these steps:

1. goto chart properties >> layout tab>>Use Theme maker

2. select which object theme you want to save.

3. Click next until finish, thats it.

Regards,

Arun Goel

Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:37:54 GMT

Thanx Arun,

The problem that I have is that I have an application that started life using one of the supplied themes but I have modified the look and feel so much that I just want to save the latest "look", as is, into a new template. The

the theme maker (in version 10 at least), asks to select one of the themes as a starting point; I cannot remember which one I used ane neither (as you confirmed) can I extract the name from the project/document properties.

Regards

Alexis

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:45:05 GMT

hi,

I am using QV 11 and in this you can save your theme using thememaker, there is no need of selecting a default theme ...you can select templateas none....then select one of your object of your theme in next step..

Regards,

Arun Goel

Themes question (well, two actually)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:56:38 GMT

Its the same in QV10 - I must have missed it - thank you.

What I am a little unsure is that the Theme Maker bases the new theme on just the one object you select (say a chart) - how do you define the look for a table for example. Do you save the theme and then go back iteritively using the new template as your base and add more and more object types as you go along?

Thanx again for your input. Your help has been very helpful.

Alexis

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

stevedark — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:36:10 GMT

For some thoughts on themes and how they can be useful you may want to look at this blog posting: http://bit.ly/UbuJEN

- Steve

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

robert99 — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:22:50 GMT

For some reason when I save the new theme based on a chart

it isn't available to apply to existing objects

setting / document properties / apply theme

The QV themes come up but not the one I saved from a chart

So I can not apply my theme to all existing documents

Any help would be appreciated. I would like to set one theme up and apply to all sheet objects (included new ones but also current objects)

Re: Themes question (well, two actually)

stevedark — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:54:05 GMT

Hi RJ,

When you save a theme it will default to the last place that you saved a theme to. When you go to apply a theme it shows your default Theme location. The two places are seldom the same. You simply need to find the correct location where you saved your theme file.

The default Theme location can be set under Settings \ User Preferences \ Locations

Hope that helps.

Steve