topic Re: Disconnected Editing vs. AXF in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/disconnected-editing-vs-axf/m-p/481466#M3465 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Background layers cannot be checked back in, even if they are made "editable". You will need to checkout for disconnected editing if you are collecting new features or editing existing features/attributes in the field.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:28:33 GMT BrettBlack1 2011-04-16T16:28:33Z Disconnected Editing vs. AXF https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/disconnected-editing-vs-axf/m-p/481465#M3464 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am new to ArcPad 10 (upgraded from 9), and don't understand when I want to check out data from my geodbase what the difference is between "checkout for disconnected editing" and "export as background data (to AXF Layer/make editable".&nbsp; In version 9, it always checked out to an AXF file.&nbsp; What is this new "disconnected editing"?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:45:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/disconnected-editing-vs-axf/m-p/481465#M3464 JudeFulghum 2011-04-15T21:45:33Z Re: Disconnected Editing vs. AXF https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/disconnected-editing-vs-axf/m-p/481466#M3465 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Background layers cannot be checked back in, even if they are made "editable". You will need to checkout for disconnected editing if you are collecting new features or editing existing features/attributes in the field.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:28:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/disconnected-editing-vs-axf/m-p/481466#M3465 BrettBlack1 2011-04-16T16:28:33Z