topic Re: Calling a sub from standard ArcPad Tool? in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/calling-a-sub-from-standard-arcpad-tool/m-p/533399#M3843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Salome,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It is not possible to call a sub from a standard ArcPad tool, however you can create your own custom tool and implement your routine to invoke the action of the tool by using internal commands e.g.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Application.ExecuteCommand("ModeSelect")</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Check out the Customising ArcPad help and search for internal commands</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Gareth</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:14:31 GMT GarethWalters 2010-09-07T23:14:31Z Calling a sub from standard ArcPad Tool? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/calling-a-sub-from-standard-arcpad-tool/m-p/533398#M3842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it possible to call a routine from an eevnt on a standard ArcPad tool. I want to request that a user first select a point when they are about to digitise a polygon.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>There is no events tab within the standard tools, so does this need to be a custom tool?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Salome'</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:02:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/calling-a-sub-from-standard-arcpad-tool/m-p/533398#M3842 Anonymous User 2010-09-06T14:02:48Z Re: Calling a sub from standard ArcPad Tool? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/calling-a-sub-from-standard-arcpad-tool/m-p/533399#M3843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Salome,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It is not possible to call a sub from a standard ArcPad tool, however you can create your own custom tool and implement your routine to invoke the action of the tool by using internal commands e.g.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Application.ExecuteCommand("ModeSelect")</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Check out the Customising ArcPad help and search for internal commands</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Gareth</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:14:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/calling-a-sub-from-standard-arcpad-tool/m-p/533399#M3843 GarethWalters 2010-09-07T23:14:31Z