Original User: jdiayer
Try it out(check out data). I never check data back in, as it is linked to the feature service. I actually use a local FGDB to create my AXF files, and once I link it to the feature service, all data is synced with my exterprise geodatabase not the FGDB.
It is all synced via the arcpad sync button. I copy the AXF file to multiple handhelds, and all users are able to work with it for the field season.
Some other things I have found...
I use vbscript to handle syncing of multiple axf files, so that I can sync data in different axf files(just by removing other axf files from the map and syncing data in the axf file I want and reloading the other axf files back in).
1) I find that too many layers in one AXF is problematic. So I use no more than 4 or 5 per axf file
2) I use shapefiles for all of my basedata, keeping them separate from operation data.
3) Large amounts of records may cause the sync to fail. If you are copying over 10000 new features down it may fail so I try to use definition queries in my feature services to limit the data.