Error loading .thm file

**gtstang462002** · 11-30-2009, 06:29 AM

My wife spend hours last night building herself a theme last night. She realized after it was loaded on her phone that she forgot to change the menu font. I go to reload the .thm file this morning and I get "The document "Susan Theme.thm" could not be loaded. Unknown error.", has anyone encountered this issue previously. This would suck to have to rebuild everything just to make one actual change to the theme.

**kylegelliott** · 11-30-2009, 11:09 AM

I have been building themes for awhile and never come across that.

**gtstang462002** · 11-30-2009, 11:35 AM

Every other theme that I have built will open back up.

**kdjayo** · 11-30-2009, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by gtstang462002

Every other theme that I have built will open back up.

An easy fix to that is to just create a new theme file, go to FILE>Import and then choose the old theme file...then save the new one over it.

**gtstang462002** · 11-30-2009, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by kdjayo

An easy fix to that is to just create a new theme file, go to FILE>Import and then choose the old theme file...then save the new one over it.

Oh I wish it was that easy, that was the second thing I tried after rebooting the computer. Someone had posted this fix for a similar issue over on blackberry.com's forums.

**DoctorNeutron** · 11-30-2009, 06:42 PM

Acts more like the Theme Studio directory pointers are messed up, typically by sniffing around at various files while in Composer or Theme Builder. Try to make sure all these pointers are really pointed at your work areas. If it is still headed South, do not give up. Do not erase all your work. Save a copy of everything elsewheres. Nuke TS 5.0 and re-install. Its not that bad.

Doctor Neutron

**gtstang462002** · 11-30-2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by DoctorNeutron

Acts more like the Theme Studio directory pointers are messed up, typically by sniffing around at various files while in Composer or Theme Builder. Try to make sure all these pointers are really pointed at your work areas. If it is still headed South, do not give up. Do not erase all your work. Save a copy of everything elsewheres. Nuke TS 5.0 and re-install. Its not that bad.

Doctor Neutron

It was the first theme that she had built, so after running it for a day she decided to do quite a few changes. Basically the only thing that she kept were the SVG files that I had initially made for her. So she isn't too pved. It is the only theme thus far that has had this issue. Something probably got corrupted in the save

. I was more curious if anyone else had seen this issue previously. Thanks to all that contributed to try and get this issue resolved.

**JustaCrow** · 12-01-2009, 09:56 AM

I have had a problem with opening several of my .thm files. I have started to wonder if it was the fonts. Still a newbie, so don't laugh too hard if I'm WAY off base.

**kdjayo** · 12-01-2009, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by kdjayo

An easy fix to that is to just create a new theme file, go to FILE>Import and then choose the old theme file...then save the new one over it.

Did you even try waht i just quoted above this text? It ALWAYS works for me... :O

**cavingjan** · 12-01-2009, 11:48 AM

Post #5 indicates that he did. My experience is that if it won't open on it's own, it won't import.

Personally I usually just restore it from a backup. I tend not to waste too much time on trying to fix something like this.

**kdjayo** · 12-01-2009, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by cavingjan

Post #5 indicates that he did. My experience is that if it won't open on it's own, it won't import.

Personally I usually just restore it from a backup. I tend not to waste too much time on trying to fix something like this.

He just said i wish it was that easy, sounded like he didnt even try or something, but if it doesnt work it doesnt...

Thats how I always solve the problem when my theme file wont open anymore tho...sorry it didnt work for u

**zee921** · 03-10-2010, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by kdjayo

An easy fix to that is to just create a new theme file, go to FILE>Import and then choose the old theme file...then save the new one over it.

I'm having the same problem, and this soulution is not working for me. I have re-created the theme 3 different times saving them in different places, multiple places, and saving continuosly throughout the build, but no luck.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance.