JScript works in ArcPad desktop but not mobile

Question

I've written a pretty simple script for an ArcPad form. It is basically just one event handler that does a calculation when data is entered in a particular field and a couple others that give warning messageboxes if entered values seem suspicious. It works just fine on the desktop version of ArcPad, but when I deploy it onto a mobile device none of the scripts are ever called. In both cases this is ArcPad 10.2.

Is there some setting on the mobile device that I have to enable to allow scripts to run? Are there some differences between the scripting objects available in mobile vs. desktop? Or something else I'm missing?

Any clues are appreciated.

RebeccaStrauch__GISP · Answer

Sean, maybe a long shot, but make sure that the mobile device can see you .js file.  I know I had to change paths when moving one of my projects from a desktop to a mobile since paths, like "my docs" etc changed location and/path.  It maybe looking for the file in the wrong location.

IngridHogle · Answer

Although I don't have experience with using JScript or writing scripts for shapefiles, it looks like you've done everything correctly. I don't know if using AXF would help, but it's fairly easy to try by selecting this option during the checkout process and then editing in ArcPadStudio. If your script is simple enough to convert to the default vbscript, that might be a good option to try too.

SeanJeronimo · Answer

Thanks for the suggestions, Ingrid. Yes, I do specify the script language, and no, I am not using AXF. The APL file looks like this: ... ...