Issue:
Model Styles do not show in the Model Styles dialog or in the Pre-creation dialogs.
Solutions:
Try the following solutions one at a time, restarting the application after each solution to see if the issue is fixed. If the issue persists, quit the application and try the next solution.
- From the Finder, perform a find for 'ClarisImpact Color Styles' or 'ClarisImpact B&W Styles' depending on which you are using.
- If the Styles folder is NOT found, reinstall ClarisImpact or attempt to determine if the folder has been renamed.
- If it is found, choose Preferences from the Layout Menu in ClarisImpact (Models section) and check the name of the Current Style Folder. Also, make sure the ClarisImpact Styles folder is located in the same folder as the ClarisImpact application (Styles can also be located in the Claris Folder or the System Folder).
- If the ClarisImpact Styles folder is NOT located in the same folder as the application, when modifying Preferences you could get an error message stating "Could not find the 'ClarisImpact Styles' folder in the application, Claris or System folders. Create it in the application folder?". The issue here is that the folder does not exist and/or has been moved. Follow the steps above to resolve this error message. NOTE: If you would like to locate your ClarisImpact program on the desktop (or anywhere other than the ClarisImpact folder) then try using an alias instead.
- If you reinstall your ClarisImpact application and styles folder, also delete the ClarisImpact Preferences file from the Preferences folder in your System Folder. The preferences could keep track of an erroneous location for the sytles folders.
A Note on File Compression:
Many people use compression utilities to create more space on their hard drives. These compression utilities perform their compression in one of two ways: either they compress the entire formatted contents of the drive, and apply what is called "driver-level compression," or they compress each individual file on the drive and apply what is called "file compression."
- If the Styles from the ClarisImpact Styles folder are compressed by file compression utilities such as Auto Doubler or Disk Doubler, they will not appear in the Model Pre-creation dialog box.
- Driver-level compression utilities like Times Two and MoreDiskSpace do not prevent the ClarisImpact Styles from appearing in the Pre-creation dialog.
- NOTE: ClarisImpact and ClarisDraw Libraries are different. Either compression technique will work fine with ClarisImpact or ClarisDraw Libraries.