topic Re: Auto Populate in ArcPad Questions

Auto Populate

BillHendricks — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:00:27 GMT

I am wondering if there is a way to auto populate Lat and Long in the attribute table using arcpad 10.2

Re: Auto Populate

TimWitt — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:20:52 GMT

Bill,

this might help you?

Tim

Re: Auto Populate

BillHendricks — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:20:25 GMT

I have a very basic knowledge of Arcpad. I tried using the applet without success

Re: Auto Populate

HannahFerrier — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:56:46 GMT

Hi Bill,

Good news!! In ArcPad 10.2 we have introduced QuickFields - which are designed to do exactly what you are after!!

To set up:

Create fields in your points layer to store the lat/long data (eg. PointX & PointY)

Add data to ArcPad (this will make sure your data is loaded into the QuickFields Expression Builder)

Put ArcPad into Design Mode

Select the QuickFields tool to launch the Expression Builder and Select ADD to create a new expression

Choose the LAYERS option, then select your Layer and Field from the Drop-Down Lists

Give your expression a name (this helps you manage multiple rules)

Select POINTS as your filter and SHAPE X or SHAPE Y as your function

This will add the function to your expression (the blue text at the bottom of the Expression Builder)

Select OK and repeat the process for the next field include both X and Y

Take ArcPad out of Design Mode select the QuickFields Tool to switch QuickFields ON for your map

Now when you collect your points - these fields will auto-populate with the SHAPE X and SHAPE Y data 🙂

See here for more details,

Hannah 🙂

Re: Auto Populate

BillHendricks — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:42:21 GMT

Thanks Hannah. For some reason only 2 fields are available to edit in quick fields. Id and Latitude even though i have longititude in the attribute table as well