HA! 10.2.4, 6 years on, still not fixed!
Thanks for the info, that is the first i have heard about it being by design and not a bug. My requirements are fairly simple, i guess option 1). If there is a definition query on the layer I need only features that meet the query to be checked out, not the whole layer. If it were an option in the data manager it would need to be accessible from code. It is all done using the GeoProcessor object and executing "ProcessArcpadProject" in a .net application.
Thanks.
I usually loathe describing issues as design / bugs / enhancements because these classifications are very subjective (one persons enhancement is another persons bug!) but i wanted to in this case, so i could outline the different behaviors that exist.
Its great to hear you are using this Process ArcPad Project toolbox tool. Initially i did only think of check out wizard in ArcMap, but yes the change would also be in the toolbox tool and accessible with code.