topic Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile Questions

Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

DavidWeber — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:34:38 GMT

I am working in ArcGIS Mobile for the first time and created a project using the Mobile Tool Set! I added the GlobelID and now can see only the "Synchronize Mobile Cache" tool. Why did this happen? I would like to create another project.

David Weber
Taylor, Texas

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

ChristopherOlsen — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:38:07 GMT

It could be a glitchy thing happening with Toolbox. Can you manually add the toolbox back? (Right click on the Main arctoolbox header and choose Add toolbox. Browse to System Tools and add Mobile toolbox)

If that doesn't work, can you run a repair on the mobile install?

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

DavidWeber — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:35:41 GMT

Got the Mobile Tool Set back! Now the tools are shown with a lock, what does that indicate?

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

ChristopherOlsen — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:41:37 GMT

Is this 9.3.1 or 10? If it's 931, you may want to rerun the post install on Server (since Mobile is bundled with Server). If it's 10, it should be working since you get 1 mobile license with Desktop in that version.

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

LaneHartman — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:29:28 GMT

I'm having this same problem and I am using 10. Is it because I just have an ArcView license and not an ArcEditor or Info license?

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

ChristopherOlsen — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:19:48 GMT

I'm having this same problem and I am using 10. Is it because I just have an ArcView license and not an ArcEditor or Info license?

There may be 2 different downloads depending on your licensing. Here is a link to the Mobile team's blog on it:
http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/mobilecentral/archive/2010/09/02/ArcGIS-Mobile-and-ArcGIS-Desktop.aspx

ArcView is supported, and I would recommend installing Mobile build 2500 and ArcGIS 10 sp2. These releases have the most up to date bug/enhancement fixes.

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

LaneHartman — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:32:01 GMT

I have installed 10 sp2, but I haven't installed the latest Mobile Build. I'll try that. I did try using a .GDB file instead of a personal geodatabase and it worked fine. For some reason I had thought Mobile wasn't compatible with file geodatabases. Either way thanks for the info!

Re: Mobile using Desktop Tools in ArcCatalog

ChristopherOlsen — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:33:44 GMT

Good to hear- I think it's actually the opposite- there are more problems with personal geodatabases not working and File GDBs are the recommended way unless you are using SDE.