topic Re: Flashing Circle - How to stop and remove from screen in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438540#M3151 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The circle is the 'wait cursor' that lets you know that ArcPad is busy.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you 'fixed' your problem by turning off the GPS Tracklog - then I would suggest that your Tracklog was quite large and was taking a long time to draw (making ArcPad busy).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you wish to archive your tracklog to improve performance - see this script on the Code Gallery:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/arcpad/details?entryID=11B7935D-1422-2418-7F5D-E71FAE34DB9F"><BR />How to archive GPS Tracklog </A></BODY></HTML> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:27:50 GMT HannahFerrier 2012-02-05T20:27:50Z Flashing Circle - How to stop and remove from screen https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438538#M3149 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>There is an annoying flashing circle on the screen.&nbsp; I don't know what it is, why it started, and how to get rid of it. It now comes up every time I open my project file. I want rid of it.[ATTACH=CONFIG]11698[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438538#M3149 StevenRipple 2012-02-04T14:09:22Z Re: Flashing Circle - How to stop and remove from screen https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438539#M3150 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I fixed it.&nbsp; The tracklog was turned on in the layers list.&nbsp; When I turned it off this annoying thing went away.&nbsp; I have no idea what it is though.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:01:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438539#M3150 StevenRipple 2012-02-05T03:01:29Z Re: Flashing Circle - How to stop and remove from screen https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438540#M3151 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The circle is the 'wait cursor' that lets you know that ArcPad is busy.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you 'fixed' your problem by turning off the GPS Tracklog - then I would suggest that your Tracklog was quite large and was taking a long time to draw (making ArcPad busy).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you wish to archive your tracklog to improve performance - see this script on the Code Gallery:</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/arcpad/details?entryID=11B7935D-1422-2418-7F5D-E71FAE34DB9F"><BR />How to archive GPS Tracklog </A></BODY></HTML> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:27:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/flashing-circle-how-to-stop-and-remove-from-screen/m-p/438540#M3151 HannahFerrier 2012-02-05T20:27:50Z