Latest Contributions by HannahFerrier

My apologies for not being more descriptive 😞 Let me try to demonstrate: The ThisEvent object represents an ArcPad event that is occurring at a particular time and supplies a series of standard properties such as object, name and result. For example: a person is an object. It has properties such as NAME, AGE and GENDER. It also has events such as TALK, RUN and SIT.  However, using  ThisEvent.object exposes that the RUN event has properties: DIRECTION and SPEED. So every time the person runs we can tell how fast they are going. An ArcPad example could be to check if the textboxName has a value entered using it's onValidate event - If textBoxName = "" then                ThisEvent.Result = False                ThisEvent.MessageText  = �??Please enter a Name�?� End If As you can see, instead of writing "layer.forms("EDITFORM").pages("PAGEONE").controls("textBoxName")", I have used ThisEvent to refer to the control. This also allows for the re-use of scripts as ThisEvent is generic and can be used to refer to any control, simply copy your script to run on different control events. Hope this is more helpful, Hannah 🙂 ... View more

Hi Jamal, No - there is currently no option to set the zoom direction of the mousewheel in ArcPad. This may be a good idea for ideas.arcgis.com ? - Hannah ... View more

Hello! Please make sure that you are copying the entire project folder from your device onto the machine on which you are planning to perform your check-in. You can check your data by opening your project in ArcPad on this machine. The ArcPad Data Manager requires a local data source and will not perform a check-in on files that are still on the device. Hannah 🙂 ... View more

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 🙂 ... View more

ArcPad cannot commit an edit to a shapefile with null values because null values are not supported in shapefiles. See here for more information... Hannah ... View more

The Trimble GeoExplorer 6000 does not output NMEA protocol by default. Please refer to the following KB article on receiving a NMEA output from the GeoXH 6000. You will need to contact your Trimble Dealer for more information... ... View more

Shapefiles do not accept null values. See here for more information... Hannah 🙂 ... View more

You will need to uninstall and reinstall ArcPad to install the Data Manager Toolbar if you have installed a newer version of ArcMap. The ArcPad Data Manager Toolbar and other ArcPad Toolbar Tools will have installed into your ArcMap 10 folder. An uninstall/reinstall will place them in the new ArcMap 10.1 folder. A couple of other things to try if you still cannot find the ArcPad Data Manager Toolbar in ArcMap 10.1: - Make sure ArcPad and ArcMap are both installed on the same machine (the toolbar is included in the ArcPad installation). - Make sure that you have enabled the ArcPad Data Manager Extension by selecting Extensions from the Customize menu and check the box next to ArcPad Data Manager. - Right-click on any area in the toolbar in ArcMap and check ArcPad Data Manager to add the toolbar to your map. Hope this helps, Hannah 🙂 ... View more

For those using ArcPad 10.2 - check out the new QUICKFIELDS functionality. This allows you to set rules for the auto-population of attribute data eg. x, y, date, time, auto-increment values and more! Simply map the expressions you build in ArcPad to the fields in your data, switch on QuickFields and watch the data appear in your forms as you collect new features 🙂 Hannah ... View more