.. highlightlang:: us

.. _auto_loadstylefile:

auto_LoadStyleFile
==================

.. index:: auto_LoadStyleFile

.. us.tag  auto_LoadStyleFile NOTREADYENGLISH Changed560

:ref:`auto_LoadStyleFile` loads a style
file. The style file contains descriptions which specify the style
of a dataset. Some example files can be found in the the UniPlot Sample
directory. They have the file name extension :file:`.sty` :file:`.icb`.

.. function::  bool = auto_LoadStyleFile(ssFileName)
.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssFileName

   *ssFileName* is the name of the style file.
   Hint: Use a slash (``"/"``) instead of the backslash (``"\"``) when
   entering the file name. Example: :file:`"c:/data/datei.sty"`. An empty string
   unloads the current style file.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   auto_LoadStyleFile("test.sty")

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.6.0
     - *ssFileName* can be an empty string.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-automation`,
   :ref:`auto_xy_SetStyle`

:sub:`id-799273`