topic Re: ArcGIS Mobile 10 Edit Form Field Order Problem in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile Questions

ArcGIS Mobile 10 Edit Form Field Order Problem

RichardMorrill — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:06:42 GMT

I am building a mobile project to collect data on point features in the field. I have a feature class in the file GDB that has the data fields I want to populate and the proper domains assigned where desired. I can make a mobile map in ArcMap and then open that mobile cache in the Mobile Project Center. All that works fine.
The problem comes when I try to re-order the fields in the edit form window. I can move them to the proper order within the project center, but when I open that project in ArcMobile (on a PDA or my PC), the fields are in the default order as they appear in the feature class.
I have tried closing all programs, restarting my PC, nothing seems to work.

Any suggestions or assistance would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help.
-R

Re: ArcGIS Mobile 10 Edit Form Field Order Problem

JeffAzevedo — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:31:59 GMT

This might work well for your situation.

This Reorder Tool works well in most cases. It creates a new version of your existing Feature class with the fields in the order you choose.
http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14721

Re: ArcGIS Mobile 10 Edit Form Field Order Problem

RichardMorrill — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:02:30 GMT

Thanks. I actually did the same thing using ETGeo wizards re-order fields tool and that solved my problem. However, I am noticing other things with ArcMobile where I change a setting like field visibility or searchability in Mobile Projects Center but it doesn't stick when I transfer the project to the PDA. Not sure if there is some underlying flaw in how I set up my project that prevents these changes from beign saved.
Thanks for you assistance. Still looking for a better solution though.
R