Make Server Style Tool
The MakeServerStyleSet.exe utility is used to convert desktop style files into server style files. Desktop style files are used by the desktop applications to hold symbols, text colors, symbols, etc. Developers can access the contents of a style file using the StyleGallery coclass. The StyleGallery coclass is not available to ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Engine developers as it is an ArcGIS Desktop only component. The ServerStyleGallery component provides functionality similar to that of the StyleGallery coclass; it implements the same interfaces. The difference with the ServerStyleGallery object is that it is available to all ArcGIS products, on all the supported ArcGIS platforms.
The ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server products install a complete set of server styles equivalent to the ArcGIS Desktop styles. If you have created custom style files using one of the desktop products such as ArcMap, and have a requirement to access these files through ArcGIS Engine or ArcGIS Server you must use the Make Server Style Tool to convert your style file.
The Make Server Style Tool.
MakeServerStyleSet.exe is found in the tools folder of the ArcGIS Developer Kit. Use the Select button to expand and select a folder containing desktop style files. Click Make to create new server style files from each of the desktop style files in the folder.
To convert your own cutsom style files, place them in the same directory as the ArcGIS style files (C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Bin\Styles).