More Information about ArcPad 10.0.2

This document contains important, late-breaking information on the following topics:

• What's New, Specifically in ArcPad 10.0.2
• What's New, Specifically in ArcPad 10.0.1
• What's New in ArcPad 10
• Known Issues
• Language Packs
• Documentation

 

What's New, Specifically in ArcPad 10.0.2

ArcPad

Customizing Toolbars

• From within ArcPad, add or remove ArcPad tools from the standard toolbars
• From within ArcPad, create your own toolbars containing ArcPad tools for different projects
• The ArcPad Toolbar Manager has been removed from the install. This is replaced by the Toolbar Editor in ArcPad.

Create an ArcPad App

• Create a shortcut to launch your project from the start menu, desktop or Today screen
• Optionally choose to suppress the standard ArcPad toolbars and launch ArcPad only with your custom toolbars
• Allows users to have multiple instances of ArcPad running in the form of Apps

ArcPad Data Manager

Enhanced Annotation Support

• Improved conversion of ArcMap graphic and annotation symbols to ArcPad Graphics layer(s)
• Map Annotation Groups now exported to individual ArcPad Graphics layers

 

Issues Addressed in ArcPad 10.0.2 from the Previous Release

In addition to the enhancements listed above, ArcPad 10.0.2 also addresses a number of issues raised from previous releases. Below is a summary of the issues addressed, along with their corresponding reference number.

ArcPad

General

• GPS projected coordinates and height measurements are shown now to three decimal places (CQ00312663)
• User can now enter negative values in the Datum Configuration Tool (CQ00311548, CQ00312632)

Toolbars

• Applet Toolbar no longer loaded twice if additional applets path set to System applets path (CQ00287516)
• The Manage Bookmarks tool can now be successfully added to a toolbar (CQ00311726)

Symbols and Labelling

• ArcPad now supports variable width Dot Dash simple line symbols (CQ00312703)
• Better match of labelling between ArcPad and ArcMap (CQ00310753, CQ00310766)
• ArcPad now supports variable widths when using Dash Dot line styles (CQ00312703)
• ArcPad no longer crashes if a layer's .apl contains only a SIMPLELABELRENDER child element (CQ00168927)

Customization

• The MoveNext method performs significantly faster than in ArcPad 8 (CQ00312625)
• User now has the ability to use and save an ArcPadPrefs.apx file from and to a location other than My Documents\My ArcPad (CQ00312722)
• Applet toolbars are no longer loaded twice if additional applets path set to system applets path (CQ00287516)
• When an ArcPad map document (.apm) is set to be read only, when you exit ArcPad you will not be prompted to save the Map (CQ00312642)
• Quit and Open tools can now be added to the Map Navigator similar to other tools (CQ00312706)
• When a label field is defined, that is not present in an AXF’s feature table, ArcPad no longer crashes (CQ00312392)

Help

• StreetMap topics reintroduced (similar to ArcPad 8 Help)
• Lock function topics reintroduced (similar to ArcPad 8 Help)
• Improved explanation of Navigation toolbar, and why some tools appear to remain with the toolbar is removed
• Asterisks on skyplot bars explained in ‘The GPS Position Window’

 

ArcPad Data Manager

• Import Graphics tool correctly recognizes commas as a decimal separator (CQ00311481)
• Point and line graphic layer features that contain text, now import into ArcMap. Note that they are in fact separated into two different symbols, the geometric shape and separately, the text. ArcMap does not have a graphic element that contains both (CQ00310018, CQ00311463)
• Graphic layer text now appears in front of other features whenever exported or imported from ArcMap (CQ00309189)
• ArcPad label direction and rotation better matches ArcMap label direction and rotation (CQ00310753, CQ00310766)
• Symbology that is dependent upon a field name that is longer than ten characters no longer fails to copy out to a shapefile (CQ00312619)
• The ArcPad Map document (.apm) created by the ArcPad Data Manager will now save the current view extent of ArcMap similar to ArcPad 8 (CQ00312620)
• Layer definition queries save in ArcMap now are checked out to the resultant ArcPad layer file (CQ00312759)

 

OEM

• Both VGA and ¼ VGA splash screens can be incorporated into an ArcPad OEM (CQ00312593)
• ArcPad icon on the General tab of the Options dialog box is now substituted with the OEM icon (CQ00312667)

 

What's New, Specifically in ArcPad 10.0.1

ArcPad

ArcPad Camera and Photo Layers

• The last size and position of the ArcPad Camera window (desktop only) is now saved as the default for the next time the window appears.
• Photo layer icons are now updated after pictures taken by the ArcPad Camera.
• The ArcPad Camera OK button (on Windows desktop) no longer appears grayed out at all times or overlaps the preview portion of the window when the window is resized.
• Start time for the ArcPad Camera has been improved on devices that can operate in either landscape or portrait.

ArcGIS Online and Raster Layers

• Improved support for tiff images, with particular attention to CCITT T.6 Group 4 compressed rasters
• ArcGIS Online tiles now have an .aux.xml file containing the projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere.
• The unexpected white line when drawing JP2 rasters on Windows Mobile has been removed.
• Users can now choose to download all ArcGIS Online tiles within the map extent, at a nominated cache level, with script. New properties of CurrentLevel and RequestedLevel, have been added to the ArcPad Object Model e.g., Map.Layers(“World_Street_map.nmf”).ExProperties(“CurrentLevel”).

GPS

• GPS, GLONASS, and GNSS satellites are distinguished in the GPS Position Window.
• Activating the GPS when launching a new QuickProject has been made more robust, eliminating errors (e.g., Error code 5) previously experienced on some hardware.
• GPS on Windows XP rugged Tablet PCs can now be turned off successfully using the GPS Activate/Deactivate tool.

General

• Points and polylines can now be created simultaneously in AXF layers similarly to shapefile layers.
• Buttons no longer cover the list of available maps when resizing the Open Map dialog box on desktop ArcPad.
• Buttons located in Path, Hyperlink, Camera, Rangefinder, and Font Preferences can now be scaled. Use the new control in Toolbar settings—Dialog Button Size—to control size independently of the Toolbar Button Size.
• Case sensitivity is enforced in ArcPad for symbology classification codes, ensuring that coded values are saved correctly and match coded value domains in the parent geodatabase.
• Exiting ArcPad from the QuickAction menu no longer crashes ArcPad.
• The Map Objects OnClose event now also works if a New or Open action is performed, whilst there is a current map document (previously the event worked only when ArcPad exited.)
• You can now pinch/reverse pinch to zoom in/out on a multi touch screen.
• When you use a mouse wheel to zoom in/out, the current position of the mouse cursor is now treated as the centre of the zoom in/out, keeping that position in focus.

ArcPad Data Manager

• The checkout of data to a network location now also includes edit forms.
  Note: This change has been made to both the ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS 10 and ArcGIS 9.3. All other changes have been made to the ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS 10 only.
• The checkout of features with a large number of fields has been made more robust.
• Related table forms created at checkout now ensure that the form name and feature table names match, meaning forms display correctly.
• QuickProjectToGeodatabase now gets installed to the expected file location, ensuring that the script works as designed.
• An empty legend for the Unique Values symbology no longer crashes ArcMap Data Manager on checkout.
• Layer definitions (APL) in AXF that refer to missing or incorrect fields no longer crash ArcPad on opening; a serious error is instead reported to the user.

Customization

• ArcPad opens successfully when ArcPad.apx has been customized to contain no toolbars (i.e., when users choose to place toolbars in an applet).
• Tools listed in the ArcPad toolbar now all contain descriptions.
• Forms stored in ArcPad.apx no longer cause an error message after closing ArcPad.
• An OnPointerdown event used in custom code no longer removes all map adornments (e.g., Map Navigator, North Arrow, console).

Documentation

• Spatial views have been added to the list of unsupported data types for the ArcPad Data Manager in the topic Preparing your Data for ArcPad. Users are encouraged to use definition queries to achieve a similar result.
• GPS and navigation documentation have been added and updated to include reference to support for GLONASS and GNSS satellites.
• Related tables must appear in the .mxd file in order for related table forms to be created at checkout. The Get Data for ArcPad and the Related tables topics have been modified.
• The Troubleshooting Synchronization page has been added for using the ArcGIS Server ArcPad extension.

 

What's New in ArcPad 10

Installation

• The default ArcPad installation folder is now C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcPad10.0.
• On Windows 7 and Vista, sample data and other files that you may edit are now installed at C:\Users\Public\Documents\ArcPad. Windows 7 and Vista will automatically display the ArcPad subfolder in your own personal Documents folder.
• On Windows XP, sample data and other files that you may edit are now installed at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\ArcPad. A shortcut is placed in your own personal My Documents folder in the ArcPad subfolder.

Support for ArcGIS Online Basemaps

• ArcGIS Standard and Premium (Bing) basemaps can be added as a background layer to your ArcPad map.
• Premium (Bing) basemaps can be used in the field for a 24-hour period.

Improved Performance

• The time required to start redrawing a map (after panning or zooming) is significantly faster than in ArcPad 8.
• The user can interrupt a map that is redrawing to continue to interact with it (e.g., zoom in further before the total map is redrawn).
• Particularly noticeable on VGA devices is the availability of more memory for the map.
• Less double drawing is apparent.

New Feature Creation with One Tap—QuickCapture

• A new dynamic toolbar is included in the default toolbars.
• Up to three features from each layer in a map are included by default.
• The QuickCapture toolbar can be customized from the Table of Contents within ArcPad to display the features that the user wants (e.g., all features of a layer can be added to the toolbar, or some/all removed).
• Users can choose to hide the attribute form completely (if no fields are required) so that features can be swiftly added just on the map.

Enhanced ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS 10

• New spatial indexing is created at checkout that provides improved drawing experience of AXF layers in ArcPad.
• Custom forms are created for related tables.
• Users can choose picture fields for each layer. ArcPad then only shows selected picture fields on the Picture tab of the Feature Properties dialog box.
• Users can choose a picture folder on the desktop so that at check-in, hyperlinks will be automatically modified to reflect the correct desktop file path for photos associated with features.

Improved Camera Performance and Photo Experience

• The new camera module works with a greater range of cameras and supports the selection of a camera from multiple connected cameras.
• The consistent user interface on the camera module minimizes guess work when operating the camera.
• When picture fields are chosen while using the ArcPad Data Manager, only picture fields are displayed on the Picture tab of the Feature Properties dialog box, simplifying the field user's choices.
• When picture fields are chosen while using the ArcPad Data Manager, check-in of pictures on the desktop or in the enterprise GIS is automated.

Integration with ArcLogistics

• The GoTo tool has been enhanced to launch ArcLogistics Navigator (if installed), in place of the ArcPad standard Line of Sight navigation.
• ArcLogistics users can add a button to the ArcPad toolbar that can launch ArcLogistics Navigator.

Consolidated Help

• The ArcPad User Guide and ArcPad Reference Guide have been consolidated into a single ArcPad Help document.
• The ArcPad Help is installed on the PC when ArcPad is installed as a .chm file and is available at esri.com.

 

Issues Addressed in ArcPad 10 from the Previous Release

In addition to the enhancements listed above, ArcPad 10 also addresses a number of issues raised from previous releases. Below is a summary of the issues addressed, along with their corresponding reference number.

Installation

• It features improved notification to the user when Active Sync or the Windows Mobile Device Center is not found (CQ00312189).
• ArcPad Deployment Manager now invokes the Windows User Account Control administrator dialog box to improve deployment experience (CQ00311943).
• ExtensionPrefs.apx is now editable when installed, ensuring that any extension settings that are changed will be saved (CQ00312103, CQ00311633).

ArcPad

• StreetMap now runs in its own process, ensuring that ArcPad and StreetMap each have the maximum amount of memory available (CQ00311108, CQ00310794).
• When users choose a map projection definition file, they are now prompted to save it as default (CQ00311672).
• The default tracklog interval is now five seconds (CQ00311676).
• The tracklog can now be made visible when the GPS is off (CQ00311874).
• The code page choice has now been moved to the Locales tab so that it only needs to be chosen once and not for every QuickProject (CQ00311683).
• Users can now have ArcPad 10 and an earlier version of ArcPad on their PC and retain the registration codes for both (CQ00286501).
• AXF forms no longer show NULL values as 0 (CQ00311122).
• The newly implemented spatial indexing significantly improves panning and zooming of AXF layers (CQ00311553).
• The creation of a spatial index on the Attributes tab of the Layer Properties dialog box is no longer difficult, and this spatial index can now also be used to apply ArcPad 10 indexing to AXFs created in a previous version of ArcPad (CQ00282608).
• Raster background layers no longer appear to blink when zooming and panning (CQ00181284, CQ00311530).
• The photo rotation tool on the Picture tab of the Feature Property dialog box works (CQ00311488).
• Multilevel layer icons display correctly on the Edit menu of VGA devices (CQ00310692).
• Improved handling of TIFF and JPEG2000 images ensures faster and smoother drawing of raster layers (CQ00311768, CQ00312256, CQ00311840, CQ00312292, CQ00312255, CQ00311835, CQ00311834, CQ00312321, CQ00310985, CQ00312281, CQ00310124, and CQ00312221).
• Users can now choose to disable the Feature Properties dialog box when capturing new features (CQ00311608).
• Users can now configure the height of the drop-down menu—The preference is set on the Editing tab of the Advanced Options dialog box (CQ00311806).
• There is improved memory allocation with respect to the Layers. Records property significantly improves memory availability to an ArcPad project (CQ00312104).
• Form controls hidden behind the SIP on Windows Mobile 6.5 no longer cause ArcPad to hang (CQ00312278).
• Lambert Conformal Conic projections when only one standard parallel is supplied are supported by ArcPad (CQ00312270).
• An improved method has been introduced to assign hardware buttons to the camera (CQ00310003).
• Center on selected feature is now active when a feature is selected (CQ00312308).
• Tools no longer overlap on the Command bar on low-resolution devices at toolbar button size 2 (CQ00312174).
• Maximizing the toolbars (after they have been minimized) no longer hides the map (CQ00311150).
• When using button size 2, layer icons in the table of contents are cropped on low-resolution Windows Mobile devices (CQ00311483).
• When you select a point feature in ArcPad, the same highlight color is used as that for polylines and polygons (CQ00311823).
• Custom toolbar icons now resize as expected on high-resolution Windows Mobile devices (CQ00311624).

ArcPad Data Manager

• Bookmarks defined in ArcMap are checked out to ArcPad (CQ00312188).
• Fields in related tables that are marked as invisible in ArcMap are now no longer checked out to ArcPad (CQ00310489).
• Attempting to check out a feature class to AXF that appears in the ArcMap data frame twice no longer causes ArcMap to crash (CQ00311323).
• Feature class field order is now retained when checking out to AXF files and shapefiles (CQ00311171).
• Fields that do not allow NULLs or are true required fields are exported as Required from the Data Manager (CQ00311982).
• AXF datasets with field names as SQL reserved words will now check in successfully (CQ00311326).

ArcPad Studio

• Related table tabs can now be hidden from the Feature Properties dialog box (CQ00310032).
• Sorting and grouping of fields in related tables can now be achieved using custom forms (CQ00311125).
• If Active Sync is not installed, users are warned when they attempt to open ArcPad Studio (CQ00312189).
• When editing forms, controls can now be aligned or resized to the previously selected control; the keyboard's Delete key will delete controls (CQ00312142).

Object Model

• Map.TrackEllipse no longer returns an ellipse object ¼ the expected size (CQ00311887).
• Map.CopyToClipboad no longer generates a script error on a mobile device (CQ00311861).

 

Known Issues

The following are known issues in ArcPad:

• Publishing map services with ArcPad capabilities restricted to ArcCatalog—ArcGIS Server allows many ways to generate a map service (in ArcGIS Server Manager, by right-clicking on an .mxd file in ArcCatalog and by right-clicking on ArcGIS Server in ArcCatalog). The ArcPad extension to ArcGIS Server is only available after initiation of the publishing wizard from right-clicking on ArcGIS Server in ArcCatalog. The other methods cannot be used for creating an ArcPad map service. The extension is not available to these.
• Tools cannot be browsed and selected by PDA hard menu buttons on some devices—Testing has found that some Windows Mobile devices do not have preconfigured Menu and Tab buttons. Devices that are known to have these buttons and therefore can be used to control the ArcPad toolbars are hw6965, MM6, and GeoXH 2005. Other devices are continually being tested and will be added to this list as discovered.
• ArcPad does not automatically zoom to the route created using the StreetMap extension—When users create a route, the zoom extent remains unchanged. Users can zoom to the route using the map navigation tools.
• ArcGIS symbology based on multiple fields not supported—Using ArcMap unique value renderers, multiple values can be associated with a single symbol. This symbology cannot be exported to ArcPad.

 

Language Packs

ArcPad 10.0.2 includes language packs for the following languages:

• Arabic (Egypt) (ArcPad 7.1 Language pack included)
• Chinese (Hong Kong)
• Chinese (Simplified) (ArcPad 7.1 Language pack included)
• Czech
• Danish (ArcPad 7.0 Language pack included)
• Dutch
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Hungarian (ArcPad 7.0 Language pack included)
• Japanese
• Korean
• Lithuanian
• Latvian
• Norwegian
• Pashto (ArcPad 7.1 Language pack included)
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil) (ArcPad 8 Language pack included)
• Romanian
• Spanish (ArcPad 7.1 Language pack included)
• Swedish
• Turkish

All language packs included with ArcPad 10.0.2 are automatically installed on Windows computers when installing ArcPad. However, language packs need to be individually and explicitly installed on Windows Mobile using the ArcPad Deployment Manager on a Windows computer. Once a language pack has been installed on a device, it can be selected from the Locale page of the ArcPad Options dialog box.

To use a language pack with ArcPad, the locale and codeset must be supported on the device. The Locale page of the ArcPad Options dialog box only lists the locales supported on the device. A device's operating system does not necessarily need to be localized for a particular language in order to use the language in ArcPad, but the operating system does need to support the language and code page. For example, users can install the Chinese fonts, or code pages, on an English Windows computer. Once they have done this, they can use the Chinese locale with ArcPad even though the Windows computer is still in English.

Users should contact their local Esri international distributor for information on available locales for Windows Mobile devices in their region.

Documentation

The ArcPad setup.exe includes .chm and .pdf files of all the ArcPad documentation. The following documentation is installed in the Help subfolder under the ArcPad installation folder:

• ArcPad Install Guide (ArcPad_InstallGuide.pdf)
• ArcPad Quick Reference (ArcPad_QuickRef.pdf)
• ArcPad Help (ArcPad_Help.chm)

Developer help (in the Developer Help subfolder under the ArcPad installation folder) includes

• ArcPad Data Manager Developer Help (ArcPadDataManager_Developer.chm)
• ArcPad Data Manager Object Model (ArcPadDataManager_OMD.pdf)
• ArcPad Object Model (ArcPadObjectModel.pdf)
• Customizing ArcPad (ArcPadStudio.chm)
• ArcPad AXF Schema Diagram (AXFSchema.pdf)

All documentation is available in Portable Document Format (PDF) or as compiled HTML files. Users can obtain Acrobat Reader (to read the PDFs) from Adobe's home page at adobe.com. A reader application is not required for the .chm files on desktop computers.