Cannot change Data Grids Visual Active Style

Toad for Oracle
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Just downloaded the new version of Toad 12.6, cannot change the Active Style to Windows Classic or to any other Active Style. I’ve tried to go to Toad Options > Data Grids > Visual > Active Style selected Windows Classic and clicked Apply and closed. The Active Style, Windows Classic did not apply to Toad, I also tried to exit Toad and restart Toad, still no changes. Could someone help!

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All, my problem has been resolved. Thanks!

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Hello,

I have the same problem.
How do you solved this?

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Hi Dirk,

If you have two copies of Toad running, that may prevent this setting (any many others) from changing.

-John

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John,

I have only one TOAD running: 14.0.75.662 Win11 (had the same problem under Win10).

-Dirk

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That setting should change Editor query result grid and Schema Browser -> Tables/Views/MViews -> Data grid. Is the setting changing nothing in those grids?

The non-query grids, (like login window, or Schema Browser -> Tables -> Columns), you change those by right click -> Appearance

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OK but when i change Options > Data Grids > Visual > Styles > Active style to something large and colors and then 'Apply', the record-view of my table changes immediately.

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But after closing TOAD, this setting is lost.

On records > right click -> Appearance I only see this:
TOAD_record_right_click

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I'm not sure why it's not sticking. Maybe something got messed up in your settings. Try this:

  1. Shut down Toad
  2. Go to the folder C:\Users\YOUR_WINDOWS_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\14.0\User Files
  3. Edit Toad.ini with notepad
  4. in Toad.ini, find the line "ActiveGridStyleSheetIndex=nn", change to "ActiveGridStyleSheetIndex=33" (this is the default of "Legacy"
  5. In Toad.ini, remove the line "LegacyStyleSheetCreated=1"
  6. If you have a file called "ToadStyles.ini", remove/rename it (this file, if exists, contains edits that were made to the built-in styles). Toad will revert to default if it doesn't exist.

After that, grid settings will be back to default and hopefully changes made after that in options -> data grids -> visual that will stick.

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Ok, I think I found the reason.
Starting Toad 'normaly' ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle 14.0\Toad.exe")
and then login, it uses the correct visual (=my last selected).

But I'm always starting toad from my own shortcut via a command where I have the user / psw @ servr prefilled:
start_toad_14.cmd =
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle 14.0"
start toad.exe -c %1

where %1 is user / psw @ servr from my shortcut.

The only difference between the 2 shortcuts is the 'Start in' location.
I think Toad cannot find in my startfolder the files/setting needed for the record-layout.

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Hi Dirk,

For me, the grid settings are loaded even when I start from command line with connection info specified. Sorry, I'm not sure why that doesn't work for you.

Toad finds the settings location by looking in C:\Users\YOUR_WINDOWS_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\SettingsLocation.ini

If there is a lot of junk/old data in there, it may help to remove all sections except [Toad 14.0].

-John