topic Re: Blank Attributes in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167063#M1196 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Sounds like you unchecked "Allow NULL value" for those fields in the form.&nbsp; Open the form in ArcPad Studio and look at the Control Properties for each field you want to have nulls.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If they were checked out from a geodatabase, "Allow NULL Values" was set to "no" on the fields.&nbsp; You will have to redo your database feature classes so that option is set to "yes" and redo your checkout.&nbsp; If you just make ArcPad allow NULL values, you face not being able to check in your edits if there are NULL values.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:39:53 GMT RobertMcCann 2011-08-16T20:39:53Z Blank Attributes https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167062#M1195 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey guys,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>New to ArcPad so I have to ask basic questions...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have shapefiles in arcpad and am attempting edits for the first time on my Trimble 6000.&nbsp; It will not allow me to leave blank attributes.&nbsp; How can I skip an attribute field?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:02:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167062#M1195 GregRushing 2011-08-16T17:02:37Z Re: Blank Attributes https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167063#M1196 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Sounds like you unchecked "Allow NULL value" for those fields in the form.&nbsp; Open the form in ArcPad Studio and look at the Control Properties for each field you want to have nulls.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If they were checked out from a geodatabase, "Allow NULL Values" was set to "no" on the fields.&nbsp; You will have to redo your database feature classes so that option is set to "yes" and redo your checkout.&nbsp; If you just make ArcPad allow NULL values, you face not being able to check in your edits if there are NULL values.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:39:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167063#M1196 RobertMcCann 2011-08-16T20:39:53Z Re: Blank Attributes https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167064#M1197 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Sounds like you unchecked "Allow NULL value" for those fields in the form.&nbsp; Open the form in ArcPad Studio and look at the Control Properties for each field you want to have nulls.<BR /><BR />If they were checked out from a geodatabase, "Allow NULL Values" was set to "no" on the fields.&nbsp; You will have to redo your database feature classes so that option is set to "yes" and redo your checkout.&nbsp; If you just make ArcPad allow NULL values, you face not being able to check in your edits if there are NULL values.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks Robert</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The �??allow null values�?� option is available for feature classes but not for shape files.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]27688[/ATTACH], [ATTACH=CONFIG]27689[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Then how to allow accepting �??null values�?� in the case of shape files. I couldn�??t manage to do it in the studio</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]27690[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jamal</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:30:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167064#M1197 JamalNUMAN 2013-09-23T18:30:25Z Re: Blank Attributes https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167065#M1198 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><STRONG>Shapefiles do not accept null values.</STRONG><SPAN> See </SPAN><A href="http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Geoprocessing_considerations_for_shapefile_output">here</A><SPAN> for more information...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hannah <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:53:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167065#M1198 HannahFerrier 2013-09-23T23:53:42Z Re: Blank Attributes https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167066#M1199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote"><STRONG>Shapefiles do not accept null values.</STRONG> See <A href="http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Geoprocessing_considerations_for_shapefile_output">here</A> for more information...<BR /><BR />Hannah <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks Hannah. Good to know this fact</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jamal</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:09:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/blank-attributes/m-p/167066#M1199 JamalNUMAN 2013-09-27T15:09:37Z