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These references may appear old - but they should still work. To start, read this blog entry: The ArcPad Team Blog: ArcPad in the key of ........ In short, it explains how to figure out which keys on your device are configurable. The blog talks about downloading KeyWatch from ArcScripts - here is the link to KeyWatch: KeyWatch for Windows Mobile Devices ... View more

Your post describes moving to 'Arc 10.2' - is that the Desktop version only or ArcPad version also? be sure to also use ArcPad 10.2. What you describe is expected to work. Have you tried launching any of the other ArcPad tools in Python? ... View more

sorry for the delay in spotting this quesiton - still getting used to geonet. Oswaldo the error you show here is quite different to the one displayed at startup that the others describe. Yours is to do with synchronization. Is your service secured perhaps? Are they point, line or polygon features and do they have z values? Some detail about your service will help pin point the problem. ... View more

Hi, just wanted to follow up on debugging in AppStudio. The red squiggles in your screenshot are the first issue. They shouldn't be there and it might be to do with version. At beta 2 we did change the name of modules so     import ArcGIS.Runtime 10.2.5 should be changed to to     import ArcGIS.AppFramework.Runtime 1.0 (ie: you don't need both). Regarding debugging, the preferred method is to use console.log messaging in your QML code, as these messages are displayed in the Qt Creator console and is the same for all platforms. This works without the installation of the Qt kit; only AppStudio is required. However there is a catch. At beta 2, you will need to set an environment variable to see the console logs on Windows. To do this: Close Qt Creator Add a new system environment variable "QT_LOGGING_TO_CONSOLE" with value 1 on your windows machine Relaunch QtCreator. QML console.log messages will now appear in the "General Messages" tab of Qt Creator when running Player as an external tool. When Beta 3 is release (very soon), you will not need to manually set the variable. To set breakpoints and debug JavaScript functions using Qt Creator, you must install the Qt kit relevant to your operating system as well as a debugging environment (eg: Visual Studio and WinDbg). A topic on this specifically is coming in the Beta 3 help update. ... View more

Just spotted this post - I hope that you have managed to get further by now. If not, or for others here's some info. The blank screen is most likely to do with a discrepancy between the version of the template and the version of AppStudio. Check which version of AppStudio you have - is it Beta 2? (the latest version) If so you will need to build an app from the Beta 2 template. Apps that were created in earlier versions of AppStudio can still run, but you will need to change an import statement in each of the QML files. Open the app in Qt Creator and change:     import ArcGIS.Runtime 10.2.5 to     import ArcGIS.AppFramework.Runtime 1.0 ... View more

This functionality does exist. For the full steps to use, please refer to The ArcPad Team Blog In summary: the map service must use Web Mercator you need to prepare a tile cache the tile cache must include layer 0 (the world extent) This extra detail will be added to the help. ... View more

The dev team have been looking at this and believe its related to the Quick Fields implementation. Changes have been made and will be available in the next ArcPad release. You can confirm this yourself by disabling Quick Fields. To do this, delete (or move to a sub folder) the Quick Fields applet, and re launch your data in ArcPad. ... View more

You mention that you have used 2 versions of 10. Which 2 are they? - this will help pin point the true source of your problem. 10.0 R4 contains some very specific fixes that are not related to windows mobile performance, so I would expect the performance changes you are reporting are more symptomatic of ArcPad 10 rather than an individual service pack. (Lets not create misleading messages here). If indeed your problems started with ArcPad 10 then what you describe is expected behavior with the hardware you are using. Remember that every application on a Windows Mobile device has a maximum memory allocation of 32MB. To start with, ArcPad 10 is simply bigger than previous versions (approximately 3MB bigger), so it will use more memory (leaving less for your project data, and subsequently a higher likelihood of insufficient memory to operate). There is also a sizable difference in the amount of memory used to start ArcPad between different versions of Windows Mobile. Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 have demonstrated significantly more effective memory consumption compared to Windows Mobile 6. Windows Mobile 6 also demonstrated poor performance when loading multiple extensions. So it really is a must on Windows Mobile 6 to remove any unused extensions. Basically somethings got to give. If you can not change your hardware, and you would like the current version of ArcPad, you must sacrifice either ArcPad Project elements (eg: use less data), or disable as much unused ArcPad functionality as possible (eg: turn off extensions). If you would like more detail about the memory used to launch ArcPad, and its measured behavior on different operating systems, please contact Esri Tech Support. Remember ArcPad does come with Support - the kind of issues you are describing in this thread are probably better handled with Tech Support not on a forum. ... View more

you can view the length of any line feature in ArcPad by using the identify tool.  Use this tool to select the line and then the feature properties dialog will launch, scroll to the geography tab and the length of that feature is displayed at the bottom of that page. so if you want to be able to know how far you have traveled as you go, collect a line feature that traces your journey. an alternative is to use the tracklog. the tracklog is in fact a point layer rather than a line layer (this is so that it can collect more detail and perform better) so you will need a script convert it to a line in order to see the length (as above). for a sample script take a look at Custom Tracklog Toolbar or  Clone Copy/Paste or Convert Features. ... View more

To leslie and david regarding the resolution of the photos captured - it does seem to be a bug with the ArcPad Camera extension, in that they resolution selected by the user is not actually used. Its something the ArcPad team is working on. ... View more

after some thorough research, there are a few separate things going on here: 1) linear and radial traverse works correctly (and as documented in ArcPad Help) when using a laser rangefinder. 2) linear and radial traverse does not work correctly when using pen taps. This procedure is not documented, however should work intuitively. The ArcPad team have now isolated the bug (that the reference point is not automatically set) and will strive to fix it asap. 3) segmented polylines and simply offset polylines work correctly (and as documented in Arcpad Help) when using pen taps. 4) segmented polylines and simply offset polylines do not work correctly when using laser rangfinders. This procedure is not documented, but again, should work. The team have isolated the bug (that two point/vertex forms appear instead of one) and will strive to fix it asap. 5) the comment regarding forsight and backsight i can not resolve. I tested using radial and linear traversing, with a rangefinder (item 1 above), and i can clearly see the difference between using foresight and backsight. Perhaps the ArcPad use of the terminology is different to what you are expecting? With foresight, you are standing at a known coordinate, such as reference point A, and you are shooting the target, such as the vertex of your feature. With backsight, you are standing at your target, such as the vertex of your feature, and you are shooting back to a known coordinate, such as reference point A. The same feature shape should be created. Feel free to add more explanation about your issue with foresight and backsight and i will investigate further. ... View more

In ArcPad 8 a number of extensions were 'turned off' to save memory on small devices - the rangefinders are amoung these. You can turn the extension back on in Advanced Settings > Extensions. For more information refer to: http://arcpadteam.blogspot.com/2009/04/where-did-my-extension-go.html ... View more

During installation, StreetMap.rxp is written (or attempted to be written) to your My Documents folder. The error you describe indicates there is a problem copying that file to My Documents. Are you logged in as a user that has unexpected write permissions? Are you able to change the user that you are logged in as? ... View more

Since the question says 'ipad type' devices, dont forget there are many windows 7 tablets out and more coming with the same form factor as the ipad. These devices have the added bonus of usb ports and memory card slots too and should be considered when you are choose your ArcPad hardware. ... View more

Unfortunately the service pack HAS been removed from resources centre :(. The team has been told it will shortly be on the Customer Care portal. We also hope it will be on the product page as the evaluation download. ... View more