How do I edi/create a form for a feature class

[JoshuaVanDeMark]

I am more familiar with older versions of Arcpad but recently upgraded to version 10.

I am attempting to check out a feature class from a geodatabase and edit it in ArcPad. actually checking out the data is going smoothly.

The trouble i am having is in customizing the edit form (or even finding/creating them). In older versions it was easy to create a new quickform for this type of data and then edit it in arcpad studio (copy and paste script from pre-existing forms etc.) to create the customized Edit forms.

With version 10 it appears you can only create quickforms for shapefiles. It sounds like forms are created automatically for checked out feature classes and stored in the .axf file, but it isn't clear to me how to access these forms in order to make edits to the layout of the form itself.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[HannahFerrier]

Hi Josh,

You should have a copy of ArcPad Studio installed along with your copy of ArcPad 10.

If you open ArcPad Studio and open the .axf file that you have created during checkout, you will be able to edit the forms by expanding the 'Feature Layers' branch in the .axf and double clicking the selected feature layer. This will open another window for that feature layer that contains information such as symbology and forms. Expanding the 'Forms' branch will give you a list of all of the properties of the forms.

With this window selected, click on the 'Forms' button in the main toolbar that runs along the top of ArcPad Studio (it looks like two blue and white forms). This will open the 'Forms' editor. Choose which form you want to edit (EDIT or QUERY) or create a new form from here.

For more information, consult the ArcPad Studio Help.

Hope this helps!!

Hannah Ferrier
Mobile GIS Specialist, Maptel

[GarethWalters]

Hi Josh,

Also if you already have existing forms that you want to attach to a new check out, you can use them as a template during the Check out process. It is the little tick box next to the layer name. Once you have finished the steps, it will save that configuration for the next time you do a check out and you will get them every time.

Hope this helps,

Gareth