topic Re: Change list box to combo box in ArcPad? in ArcPad Questions

Change list box to combo box in ArcPad?

MarkAndersen1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:09:54 GMT

I have what I hope is a pretty simple question... I'm putting together an ArcPad map for some data collecting this spring. When I load the project into ArcPad, everything looks and works fine, with one exception. The default edit form for entering attributes (to a point shapefile and a related table) is fine, except that one of my attribute columns in the related table is a text field that uses a domain that contains hundreds of 4-letter code. It's a pain to scroll through these, and it would be much simpler if this were a combo box, so that a user could type the first letter or two, and find the correct entry more quickly. Is there a way to access the default form in ArcPad Studio, and just change the list box to a combo box? Or will I have to create a new data entry form? Also, where is a good place to start reading about customizing forms, etc? The help files I've looked at so far don't seem particularly helpful on specific questions.

Thanks!

Re: Change list box to combo box in ArcPad?

GarethWalters — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:55:13 GMT

Hi Mark,

Currently the combo box does not implement text recoginition to filter a list in ArcPad Forms. The only solution to this is to write a script to do it.

There are many similar questions to this and it is the No. 3 voted question on Ideas.Esri.com.

Sorry that there is no quick fix at this stage.

Let me know if you want any more information.

Cheers,

Gareth

Re: Change list box to combo box in ArcPad?

ValentinWittich — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:21:32 GMT

Is there a way to access the default form in ArcPad Studio, and just change the list box to a combo box?

Hi Mark,

I don't know if I'm to late for these field season but the fastest way to change a list box into a combo box is to toggle into the tree view (little red/blue arrows) in ArcPad Studio. Here you can just replace list listbox entries into a combobox:

<LISTBOX name="List_code" tooltip="" x="47" y="15" width="80" height="50" tabstop="true" border="true" defaultvalue="" listtable="" listvaluefield="" listtextfield="" sort="false" field="CODE" hscroll="false">
      <LISTITEM value="1111" text="1111"/>
      <LISTITEM value="2222" text="2222"/>
      <LISTITEM value="3333" text="3333"/>
      <LISTITEM value="4444" text="4444"/>
     </LISTBOX>

into =>

<COMBOBOX name="List_code" tooltip="" x="47" y="15" width="80" height="50" tabstop="true" border="true" defaultvalue="" listtable="" listvaluefield="" listtextfield="" sort="false" field="CODE" hscroll="false"  sip="true" >
      <LISTITEM value="1111" text="1111"/>
      <LISTITEM value="2222" text="2222"/>
      <LISTITEM value="3333" text="3333"/>
      <LISTITEM value="4444" text="4444"/>
     </COMBOBOX>

I hope that's what you were asking for...

Best regards
Valentin