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Troubleshooting custom layout themes (FileMaker Pro Advanced)

FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced cannot parse an XML theme document that is not well-formed, and they do not validate the XML in your documents. If one required item is missing or wrong, FileMaker Pro Advanced ignores the entire document.

Here is a list of things to check for if your new layout themes don’t appear in the New Layout/Report assistant as expected:

•	The theme filename has the .fth extension.

•	The theme file is in text format.

•	The theme file is located in the Themes folder inside the FileMaker Pro Advanced application folder.

•	All required elements are there, including their start and end tags:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>

<FMTHEMES>

<FMTHEME>

<THEMENAME VALUE="Purple and White Screen" />

</FMTHEME>

</FMTHEMES>

•	All elements are complete. There are no missing attributes, values, quotation marks, start tags, or end tags.

•	All values are enclosed in quotation marks (“value”). There are no missing opening or closing quotation marks, and there are no missing values (no blank quotation marks).

•	All elements and attributes are spelled correctly.

•	All attribute values are spelled correctly and are valid.

•	Every single-line element ends with />.

•	All multi-line elements are spelled correctly and their start and end tags match (for example, <BODYPART> and </BODYPART>).

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