Creating a "pick list" (drop down menu) for a geodatabase

[JohnM]

Hello,

Just joined the forum, hoping someone can help me out. I'm attempting to create a pick list in ArcMap/Catalog and can't seem to get it down. I've created a geodatabase with coded domains (that I thought would generate a pick list but didn't), created a feature class within the geodatabase, exported to a shapefile, and placed that file into my mobile device (Juno hand held). The coded domains I create show up alright, but not with any pick list associated like I need. Any help/advice/links would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[BlakeTerhune]

You can move it into another geodatabase and ArcGIS should also copy the associated domains with it. Like you discovered, Shapefiles do not support field domains; it needs to be in a geodatabase (File or Personal). And, as Leo D. mentioned, a feature class can only exist in a geodatabase.

If you need to deliver the data to someone in a format other than a geodatabase, you have two obvious options:

1. Include the domain values as a table that can be joined.
2. Field calc the exported data to replace the domain code with the domain description for easier interpretation.

[LeoDonahue]

You can't move just a featureclass, it exists within a geodatabase.  you have to move the geodatabase.