I have a shapefile with two fields, lets call them shape and color. I want to symbolize each point based on both of those fields. Each field is stored as a string. Example: "Square, Blue". I want to symbolize each point with the shape listed in shape, and the color listed in color. So my example would show up as a blue square. I have tried symbolizing by categories: unique values, many fields, but I have too many possible combinations to do this. I can manually choose a shape for each "shape" field, but I would like it to dynamically change the color based on the "color" field
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I don't think there is a way to do this without some programming. Most likely ArcObjects. The only symbology parameters you can set with fields seems to be Size and Rotation.
Alternatively, you could try creating a style for each possible combination (though you indicated that there were too many). You'd have to merge your two fields into one as your value field: