Developer’s Guide

Creating custom layout themes 53
Valid values for theme attributes
The following table describes the attribute values supported by
FileMaker
Developer in a layout theme. Values must be enclosed
within quotation marks (“ ”). If a quotation mark is missing,
FileMaker
Developer is unable to parse the XML and cannot display
the theme in the New Layout/Report assistant.
SIDES <SIDES VALUE=“BOTTOM” />
THEMENAME HINT (optional)
VALUE
Syntax examples:
<THEMENAME VALUE=“Fern Green Print” />
<THEMENAME HINT=“MAC” VALUE=“Grün
Druck” />
THEMEDEFAULT VALUE
Syntax example:
<THEMEDEFAULT VALUE=“CURRENT”/>
For more information, see “Specifying default values
for themes” on page 55.
VERSION VALUE
Syntax example:
<VERSION VALUE=“ver. 1.0”/>
The VERSION element is currently not used by
FileMaker Developer, but may be used in future
versions.
These single-line
elements Must contain these attributes
This
attribute
Is used to describe these
characteristics
And may contain
these
values
COLOR RGB color hex values for
background fills, text, and borders
in layout parts, fields, text blocks,
and field labels.
To display a color, the PATTERN
attribute must not be set to “1”
(which is transparent).
FileMaker Developer themes use
web-safe palette colors to ensure
the color will appear the same on all
computers.
See “Using values for patterns and
colors” on page 55.
COLOR = “#FFFFFF”
COLOR = “#33FF00”
COLOR = “#CC9966”
Or any 6-digit hex value (a
combination of numbers
0-9 or letters A-F)
preceded by the # symbol.
EFFECT Embossing, engraving, or drop
shadow 3-D effects for a field, text,
or field label.
When used in conjunction with a
field border, the line width of the
effect will be the same as the border
pen size. The pen size value must be
greater than zero in order for the
effect or border to appear.
VALUE = “EMBOSS”
VALUE = “ENGRAVE”
VALUE =
“DROPSHADOW”
VALUE = “NONE”