Latest Contributions by TimHopper

Bart / Rolf, This change stemmed from an issue that was present in ArcPad 8 and previous versions.  On occasion, if an administrator installed and registered ArcPad, when a non-admin user then logged in and tried to launch ArcPad it would prompt them for the registration code again. To get around this issue the location of the registration number was changed from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.  However, we are well aware that this has caused just as much trouble for our customers as the bug that the changed stemmed from. Because of this we are working to get the location of the registration number changed (and the admin issue resolved) so that the ArcPad registration number only needs to be entered once on a machine. There isn't a verified fix yet, but one will be included in a future release. Feel free to respond if you have any additional questions. ... View more

Jared, I hadn't encountered this issue personally, but I did a little research on the topic.  I found the following bug it looks like you're running into: NIM068774: When using a Windows 7, 64-bit, machine and ArcReader Version 10, the markup tools, Highlighter and Eraser, will not allow the user to change the color or eraser style when using the toolbar. The cursor disappears when trying to change the color. There was also a related bug in service pack 3 with the markup tools, but it didn't exactly look like the issue you are running into. However, I cannot seem to reproduce the issue on my Windows 7 64-bit machine.  I tested with ArcReader 10.0 SP0, SP2 and SP4, all worked appropriately. The workaround is to access these tools from the Tools menu > Markup > Pen / Highlighter / Eraser.  Do the tools work for you from here? I have a few questions for you regarding this issue: 1. What operating system are you using?  Do you have the capability to test on a different OS? 2. What service pack for ArcReader are you using?  If you don't have SP4, does upgrading make a difference? 3. Does this happen on a different user profile? 4. Does this happen in all pmf's?  If you save a blank mxd and create a pmf from it, does the problem occur? 5. Which service pack of ArcGIS Desktop are you using? I have no doubt that you're running into the bug above, but I'm curious why I don't seem to be having the issue.  Maybe the answers to my questions will provide a little insight. Thanks. ... View more

Bart, This is a caveat of the licensing method in ArcPad 10.  The registration key gets written to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive in the registry.  Unfortunately, each user will have to log in and register ArcPad. ... View more

Todd, You're going to run into two issues: (a) you only have an ArcView license and (b) to truly perform geodatabase replication your source data needs to reside in an enterprise (SDE) geodatabase. Check out the following web help pages: Replicas and geodatabases Working with geodatabase replication The only way that you're going to get this behavior to work between file / personal gdb's will be a manual process like you're using now.  It would almost be easiest to simply copy the entire feature class from the file gdb to the personal gdb, check out the selected data for that day's work, check ArcPad data back into the personal gdb and post process, then copy and replace the entire feature class back into the file gdb.  This also means that no work can be done in the file gdb on that feature class while you've got data out in the field.  Not fun... Anyone else have any thoughts? ... View more

Chris, Published maps with relationship classes can be packaged with the copy setting. If the Intersect or Include All setting is used, the relationship class will not be packaged. Joins and relates will not work with packaged pmf's, that's just the way it is unfortunately. The difference with the relationship class is that you can identify a feature and get access to the related information, but it's not stored directly in the attribute table like the information from a join is. If you're looking to permanently append the joined information, there isn't really any automated process for a workflow like that. You can export the feature class that has a join from the Table of Contents (right-click > Data > Export Data).  The output feature class will have the joined data permanently appended.  When new data comes in (that is stored in the joined table) you would have to delete the fields with the joined info, rejoin, export.  You could create a model that does this for you (deletes fields, joins data, exports), but other than that you're pretty stuck. Unless, of course, your underlying data never changes (just the joined data) which would allow you to join a new table to an older version of the feature class and export. I might focus on trying to store relative path names in the mxd and then providing data + pmf to the laptop. ... View more

Chris, You're running into two different things here. 1. Joins and relates are not supported when packaging the data with your published map. Troubleshooting data packaging limitations Packaging layers with ArcMap joins and relates topic. 2. The attachment issue is a bug. NIM061515: When opening a packaged PMF in ArcReader, feature attachments are not viewable in the Identify window if the 'File Geodatabase', 'Compress File Geodatabase', and 'Compressed and Locked File Geodatabase' data formats were selected during the data packaging process. The workaround for this bug is to select the "Copy data in existing format" on the General tab when packaging the data from the Publisher toolbar. - - - - - - - - My suggestion to you, in this situation, might be to use relative paths to your data and then send them the pmf along with data all in one folder.  The map will open, data sources intact, when opened on another computer. Preparing maps for publishing You store relative paths in the MXD, File > Map doc properties > Store relative pathnames to data sources. Store all of your data in one windows folder, stick the pmf (unpackaged) in there, zip folder, and send. ... View more

Daniel, Well, the file that you're searching for is: C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Bin\ArcMap.exe I'm interested to hear if the file association resolves your problem.  I haven't worked with iTreeCanopy, but perhaps there's something going on there which might be a problem, rather than the file association. ... View more

Steve, I'm glad you were able to get it working. Although I haven't tested, the status code of 16777218 indicates that the feature has had attributes modified and has then been checked in.  My guess is that if you were to go and try to check the data in it would not show any changed features. Simply having "attributes modified" and having a status of "not checked in" would be a status of 2. [ATTACH=CONFIG]13492[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]13493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]13494[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]13495[/ATTACH] Hopefully this info will prove helpful to you and others in the future. I'd appreciate it if you could mark this post as "answered" by clicking the check mark to the right of one of my posts.  This will help others quickly locate helpful info on this same topic. Thanks. ... View more

Steve, This should do the trick: Dim objLayer, objDS Set objLayer = Map.Layers("POINTS") Set objDS = objLayer.DataSource Dim strsql strsql = "insert INTO [POINTS] (AXF_TIMESTAMP, AXF_STATUS) VALUES (GETDATE(), 1)" objDS.Execute strsql Map.Refresh(True) Set objLayer = Nothing Set objDS = Nothing ... View more

Joe, You can get what you're looking for with a three-step process. 1. Geocode the records to the nearest intersection. 2. Use the Bearing Distance to Line tool with the output of step 1. 3. Use the Feature Vertices to Points tool on the line which you created in step 2.  Specify "END" as the point location. You'll get a point feature class as an output with points that reside in the xy location of the last vertex of the input lines. String the GP tools together in a model and you've got yourself a handy tool. ... View more

Lindsey, Any smartphone running Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, or 6.5 will support ArcPad 10. Take a look at the ArcPad 10 System Requirements which further discusses the supported operating systems and hardware requirements. ... View more

Almar, The changes you make to the pages within the tableform should definitely be seen in ArcPad.  Are you making the changes to the axf file and then immediately opening it in ArcPad?  If you are, something strange is going on here, there shouldn't be any reason why the editform or tableform look one way in Studio and a different way in ArcPad. If you're checking out additional data afterwards, are you navigating to the customized axf during the checkout process from ArcMap? Have you tested this workflow with a new feature class created from scratch? ... View more

Almar, Check out this thread where I discuss how you can reorder the pages within an edit form.  As far as renaming them, in ArcPad Studio, open the edit form, go to the page properties of the current page, and change the name. ... View more