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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is a Studio issue, not a MGOS issue. I am authoring several different road layers from Shape files (converted to SDF during load). These are all standardized in terms of the defined feature types (major, minor, local roads, etc). I have defined a layer based on one that has multiple scale ranges, each with the thematic definition. I then copy this layer definition to another location to use as a template for a different data source. This seems to work OK (despite several .NET and JIT warnings) for the most part. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">However, it appears that if the feature source being chosen has any difference in field definitions from the feature source that the layer was originally created from, then Studio pops up a dialog that says: "Reset to defaults? - You're about to change to an incompatible data resource. Proceed and reset the layer to defaults?". If I say OK, all of the styles already in place are reset to scratch. I don't understand why it would do this since the field that is being themed is the same name and type in both feature sources.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I don't see any way around this. I don't believe the layer definition can be edited externally from Studio, or can it? Can this behavior be changed in a future release of Studio so that we can have more control over style "templates"?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Tahoma">Andy Morsell, P.E.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Tahoma">Spatial Integrators, Inc.</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.SpatialGIS.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Tahoma">http://www.SpatialGIS.com</FONT></U></A>
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