More Information About ArcPad® 8.0 SP3

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

·         System Requirements

·         Installation

·         What's New in ArcPad 8.0

·         What's New, specifically in 8.0 SP1

·         What's New, specifically in 8.0 SP2

·         What's New, specifically in 8.0 SP3

·         Known Issues in ArcPad 8.0

·         Documentation

·         LizardTech Proprietary Rights

 

 

System Requirements

 

On the PC, ArcPad 8.0 SP3 supports the following versions of Windows:

·         Windows XP

·         Windows Vista

·         Windows 7

 

On mobile devices, ArcPad 8.0 SP3 supports the following versions of Windows:

·         Windows Mobile 5.0

·         Windows Mobile 6.0

·         Windows Mobile 6.1

 

 

On Windows Mobile, ArcPad 8.0 SP3 supports the ARM-based CPU chips. These include CPU chips from the following manufacturers:

·         Intel (StrongARM, XScale)

·         Samsung

·         Texas Instruments (OMAP)

·         Atmel

When using Microsoft XP, Microsoft ActiveSync 4.2 or higher is required. When using Microsoft Vista, Windows Mobile Device Centre 6.1 or higher is required.

The ArcPad Data Manager Extension for ArcGIS® Desktop requires ArcView®, ArcEditor™, or ArcInfo® 9.3 or higher.

The ArcPad ArcGIS® Server Extension requires ArcGIS® Server Advanced Enterprise Edition 9.3 or higher.

 

 

Installation

 

Installation on the Desktop

It is recommended that you uninstall any previous version of ArcPad from your desktop PC and Windows Mobile computer before installing ArcPad 8.0 SP3, however, the installation program will check for this and prompt you to uninstall.

You must install Microsoft ActiveSync® version 4.2 or greater on your desktop system BEFORE installing ArcPad. The latest version of Microsoft ActiveSync and other related technical information and resources can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/default.mspx. If you are using Window Vista, you must install Windows Mobile Device Center version 6.1 of greater. The latest version of this can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx.

 

The ArcPad 8.0 program group contains:

 

·         ArcPad 8.0 for Windows

·         ArcPad Studio

·         Datum Configuration Tool

·         ArcPad Deployment Manager

·         ArcPad Toolbar Manager

·         Help

  

The ArcPad Data Manager Extension for ArcGIS is installed automatically with ArcPad 8.0 SP3, as is Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (for the desktop version of ArcPad). In the case of Windows Mobile 5 devices, you will need to deploy SQLCE to your device using the ArcPad Deployment Manager (see below).

  

Installation on a Mobile Device

On Windows Mobile, it is highly recommended that you uninstall any previous version of ArcPad and ArcPad fonts before installing ArcPad 8.0 SP3. Removal of ArcPad from your mobile device can be performed using the Add/Remove Programs option from the Tools menu in Microsoft ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center while your mobile device is connected to your desktop system. Alternately, you can use the Remove Programs option from the Settings menu on your mobile device. 

 

After the desktop install is complete, the new ArcPad Deployment Manager will automatically display. Use this ‘tree’ to install components to your (synced) mobile device. Windows Mobile items available to download are listed in the ArcPad Deployment Manager. These include:

 

·         Install ArcPad for Windows Mobile

·         Install ArcPad StreetMap for Windows Mobile

·         Install ArcPad Today Plug-in for Windows Mobile

·         Install Datum Transform/s for Windows Mobile

·         Install Language Pack/s for Windows Mobile

·         Install Samples/s on Windows Mobile

·         Install SQLCE for Windows Mobile

·         Install VBScript Runtime Library for Windows Mobile

 

Your mobile device does not need to be connected to your desktop system during the initial installation of ArcPad,

·         if your mobile device is not connected, simply close the ArcPad Deployment Manager and the install will finalize

·         if your mobile device is connected, use the ArcPad Deployment Manager (launched at the end of the install) to deploy ArcPad and other components to your device

 

You may install any of the Windows Mobile components to your mobile device at any time after successfully installing ArcPad on your desktop. To install, connect your mobile device to your desktop PC using Microsoft ActiveSync, and on the PC choose the ArcPad Deployment Manager from the ArcPad 8.0 program group. Although you are able to select more than one component to install to your mobile device at once, the language packs require ArcPad to be installed first. When you select more than one component, ArcPad does commence installation first, however, as it is significantly larger than the other components, on some mobile devices, the installation can be quite slow, and is incomplete when secondary components start to install. It is recommended that ArcPad is installed to mobile devices completely, before attempting to install language packs.

 

For Windows Mobile 5 devices, you will need to deploy SQLCE to your device using the ArcPad Deployment Manager. Windows Mobile 6 (and higher) devices have SQLCE built in, therefore manual installation is not required.

 

ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS Desktop

The ArcPad Data Manager is an extension for ArcGIS Desktop 9.3. The extension is installed when you install ArcPad 8.0 SP3. The ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS Desktop requires ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo 9.3 or higher.

To use the ArcPad Data Manager toolbar in ArcMap:

 

·         Ensure that the ArcPad Data Manager Extension is installed and enabled (go to Tools > Extensions > and confirm ‘ArcPad Data Manager’ is in the list of extensions and a tick is beside it)

·         Ensure that the toolbar is selected for viewing (right mouse click in the toolbar area, and confirm a tick is beside ‘ArcPad Data Manager’ in the list of toolbars)

 

Installing the ArcPad Data Manager Extension when ArcPad is installed prior to ArcGIS

 

ArcPad can be used independently of ArcGIS on a PC. In this case, all of the ArcPad Data Manager Extension files are still copied to the PC during the ArcPad installation. If ArcGIS is installed at a later date, these files can be moved to the ArcGIS folder and the extension enabled. The files that need to be copied are listed in the table below:

 

File	Copy from folder	To folder
ArcPadCheckIn_arcpad.xml	C:\Program Files\ArcPad 8.0\Help\	C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Help\gp\
ArcPadCheckOut_arcpad.xml	C:\Program Files\ArcPad 8.0\Help\	C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Help\gp\
ArcPad_Toolbox.chm	C:\Program Files\ArcPad 8.0\Help\	C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Help\
ArcPad Tools.tbx	C:\Program Files\ArcPad 8.0\Desktop Tools\	C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\

 

First time installation of the ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension

To use the ArcGIS Server capability that is now included in the ArcPad Data Manager, you also need to install the ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension to your ArcGIS Server machine. This extension adds the capability to author and publish an ArcPad Project for ArcGIS Server, which can then be used to synchronize ArcPad edits directly to your enterprise geodatabase from the field. To install:

·         Insert the ArcPad installation disk in the machine where you have ArcGIS Server Advanced Enterprise 9.3 (.NET) installed.

·         Run the setup. There are no options to choose.

 

Uninstalling and reinstalling the ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension

 

It is important to follow these steps when uninstalling the ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension.

 

1.      You must first delete or stop all current ArcPad services. If you had chosen to stop the services, then go into each of the ArcPad Service's properties (in ArcCatalog) and ensure the “start automatically” option is unchecked.

2.      Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > Stop, then Start, the ArcGIS Server Object Manager service.

3.      Use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel to uninstall the ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension.

4.      Verify that the folder C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\server\ArcPad Extension no longer exists. If it does, remove it.

 

5.      Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > and ensure the ArcGIS Server Object Manager service is started. Start if necessary.

6.      Install the new ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension.

7.      If you had stopped ArcPad services in step 1, you may now restore the “start automatically” setting in you ArcPad service(s).

8.      Manually start any ArcPad Services that you had stopped in step 1.

 

Localization Languages

ArcPad 8.0 SP3 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)

·         Romanian

·         Spanish – ArcPad 7.1 Language pack included

·         Swedish

·         Turkish – ArcPad 7.1 Language pack included

 

All of the language packs included with ArcPad 8.0 SP3 are automatically installed on the desktop PC when installing ArcPad 8.0 SP3. However, language packs need to be individually and explicitly installed on Windows Mobile using the ArcPad Deployment Manager on the PC. Once a language pack has been installed on a device, it can be selected from the Locale page of the ArcPad Options dialog box.

In order to use a language pack with ArcPad, the locale and codeset must be supported on the device. The Locale page of the ArcPad Options only lists the locales which are supported on the device. Your 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 codepage. For example, you can install the Chinese fonts, or codepages, on an English Windows XP PC. Once you have done this, you can use the Chinese locale with ArcPad, even though the Windows XP operating system is still in English.

Please contact your local ESRI International Distributor for information on available locales for Windows Mobile devices in your region.

 

 

What's New in ArcPad 8.0

  

 

 

New Modern Icons

The newly designed icons give ArcPad 8.0 a modern look. All icons come with both 16x16 and 32x32 resolutions. The larger icons are the default for desktop ArcPad and high resolution Windows Mobile devices.

 

ArcPad Studio is now included

When you install ArcPad to an XP or Vista machine, ArcPad Studio is installed. With ArcPad Studio you can customize your ArcPad Projects, create custom toolbars, forms, applets and extensions.

 

New Open Map Dialog

The Open Map dialog now shows you thumbnails of maps stored in the default Maps & Data path. These can easily be browsed before selection. All the tools that can get you started in ArcPad, are on this Open Map dialog (start a Quick Project, Open Map, and Add layers). This enhanced Open Map dialog replaces both the old ‘Start Up’ dialog AND the old Open Map dialog, By default, the new Open Map dialog launches when you start ArcPad (similarly to the old Start Up dialog), however you can disable this behavior in the ArcPad Preferences if required.

 

ArcPad Toolbar Manager

The ArcPad Toolbar Manager is a desktop application that is installed with ArcPad 8.0. To open it, go to the ArcPad 8.0 program group (located under Start>All Programs>ArcGIS) and select ArcPad Toolbar Manager.

The ArcPad Toolbar Manager allows you to create your own custom toolbars without needing ArcPad Studio. You are able to customize existing toolbars and also create your own new toolbars.

 

Dynamic Toolbars

The ArcPad Toolbars now feature new properties which allow you to have more choice of how they are displayed. Custom toolbars created in previous versions of ArcPad will still work however their display will conform to the new style. Along with new high resolution ready icons, the key features of the new dynamic toolbars are:

·         Multiple toolbars appear as ‘tabs’ (called the ‘Toolbar Selector’), exposing more screen real-estate for ‘the map’.

·         An unlimited number of tools can be placed on a single toolbar, and the toolbar can be ‘scrolled’.

·         Toolbars can be docked at the top, bottom, left or right of the screen

·         Tools can be browsed and selected by keyboard and PDA menu buttons

·         The ‘Quick Action’ tool (large circular button) can be customized to contain a users most often used tool or tools

·         Toolbars can be minimized and maximized in the field

 

GPS User Interface

The display of GPS information has been both simplified and expanded in ArcPad 8.0! You now have two ways to see GPS information:

·         GPS Status Bar. The GPS status bar is a semi transparent window that displays over the top of your map. The background color of the GPS Status Bar indicates the current conditions of the GPS measurements according to the alerts that have been defined in ArcPad. A GREEN background indicated that the quality is acceptable according to the set alerts, YELLOW indicates that the quality parameters are not met, and RED indicates no fix. The GPS Status Bar also shows current position, current speed (if applicable) a skyplot, satellites used and in view, signal strength and PDOP.

·         GPS Position Dialog. The GPS Dialog has grown to fill the full screen and now has a tabbed view similar to other ArcPad dialogs. The GPS dialog contains a Data tab with detailed position information (speed, heading, altitude), a skyplot tab with full screen sky view and signal strengths, a Quality tab with detailed information about the current position quality, and a Compass tab with a graphical representation of the heading and speed.

 

ArcPad Data Manager

The ArcPad Data Manager now provides more ways for you to move data between your Desktop GIS and ArcPad:

·         Greater flexibility in Check Out options. Users can choose their own combination of data format (shp or AXF) and read/write properties of the output. NB: As in ArcPad 7.1, it is still the case that only edits to AXF’s can be checked back into the geodatabase. (Edits to shapefiles cannot be checked in)

·         New Configure Project for Geoprocessing tool in ArcMap and complementary Process ArcPad Project and Deploy to Mobile Device geoprocessing tools. The Process ArcPad Project tool allows you run a preconfigured ‘check out’ over and over in ArcToolbox. A complimentary tool appears in ArcMap called Configure Project for Geoprocessing, which allows you to create the configuration which is used in the Process ArcPad Project tool. The Deploy to Mobile Device tool launches active sync and deploys data to a connected mobile device. Used together in a model, these tools automate repeated check outs.

·         New Author Project for ArcGIS Server tool. In ArcMap, users can choose to Author a Project for ArcGIS Server. The steps to create this configuration are similar to the existing Get Data for ArcPad process, and the output is read at the time of publishing data to ArcGIS Server (to publish data to ArcGIS Server, the ArcPad ArcGIS Server Extension must be installed on your ArcGIS Server machine).

 

ArcGIS Server ArcPad Extension

 

Once installed, this ArcGIS Server Extension is accessed from within ArcCatalog. The steps to publishing data to ArcGIS Server and using it in ArcPad are:

·         In ArcMap, create a Map Document which contains enterprise SDE layers

·         Run the Author a Project for ArcGIS Server tool in ArcMap (this generates an .apo file which must be kept with your .mxd)

·         Ensure the Map Document (and the accompanying .apo) are accessible to the ArcGIS Server machine with the ArcGIS Server ArcPad extension installed

·         In ArcCatalog, create a new Map Service, enabling the ArcPad Service

·         Deploy the publication to a connected device

 

Improved StreetMap Extension

 

It is easier to find addresses and locations using the new look up index in StreetMap. It also supports Intersection, POI and Lat/Long search. In addition to the StreetMap Premium dataset for North America, ArcPad is also shipped with StreetMap Premium dataset for Europe.

 

 

Issues addressed in ArcPad 8.0 from the previous release

 

In addition to the enhancements listed above, ArcPad 8.0 also addressed a number of issues raised from the previous releases. Below is a summary of the issues which were addressed (along with their corresponding ESRI reference number(s)).

 

ArcPad

 

·         New toolbar design greatly improves the users interaction with ‘built in’ toolbars within ArcPad (CQ00168474, CQ00299847, CQ00310557, CQ00310560, CQ00120462)

·         Toolbars and map adornments can be easily hidden to create a ‘kiosk mode’ look and feel (CQ00305383)

·         Support VGA devices with hi-res awareness (CQ00296413, CQ00261235)

·         When reprojecting shapefiles ArcPad no longer ignores transformations when (CQ00310618)

·         The command bar can be hidden (CQ00277272)

·         Find dialog improved when no feature class layers are present (CQ00157959)

·         Active buttons have more contrast (CQ00165557)

·         Mode MENUITEMs promote themselves to the top of the list in custom toolbars (CQ00168477)

·        Selected edit tools now promoted to edit toolbar (CQ00291721)

·        Lock button moved away from other buttons (CQ00299848)

·        Hardware buttons can be used to control tool button drop down arrows in ArcPad (CQ00300547)

·        ArcGIS 9.3 projection information has be imported to ArcPad 8.0 (CQ00308242, CQ00310117, CQ00310693)

·        Datum Configuration tool has been improved for use on non English PC’s (CQ00309366, CQ00310226)

·        ‘Search only features in view’ check box now recognized on Query Builder page of Find dialog (CQ00310002)

·        Hardware OK buttons are now treated as OK in ArcPad dialogs (CQ00310661)

·        Greyscale tiff image support improved (CQ00310704)

·        Improved image rendering when images have no colormap (CQ00310706)

·        Labeling shapefile features now works as it does for AXF’s ie: up to ten labels can be placed on the map from one or more layers (CQ00310739)

·        Selection in a DOMAINFIELD control linked to subtype now triggers update of other DOMAINFIELD controls (CQ00310276)

·        Description displayed rather than code in labels that containing subtype or domain fields (CQ00309970)

·         Fixed zoom out/in now returns to the same location (CQ00309046)

 

Extensions

 

·         ArcPad’s internal icons available to extension / applet developers (CQ00163929)

·         Negative inclination information from the Vectronix Vector 1500 GMD rangefinder supported (CQ00307656)

·         Improved camera support reducing error due to memory usage (CQ00310452)

·         Export of photo layer to shapefile no longer crashes ArcPad (CQ00310514)

 

GPS/Rangefinders

 

·         Signal strength now represented by color change of the GPS Status bar (CQ00125359)

·         Improved GPS cursor refresh rate (CQ00146517, CQ00309568)

·         Settings saved when altered in the GPS Position window (CQ00209852)

·         GPS Quality preferences have been generalized, including ability to choose preferred accuracy parameters, and real time mode (CQ00217834, CQ00309577, CQ00309584)

·         More decimal places displayed for Map Projection coordinates in GPS Position Window (CQ00231140)

·         Improved display of GPS SOG of between 9.5 and 10km/h (CQ00242923)

·         GPS position window is now expandable on desktop and full screen on mobile device (CQ00291781)

·         Maximum PDOP and EPE now accepts values greater than 9 (CQ00307966)

·         Ability to disable sound on incoming Range Finder event added (CQ00310300)

 

ArcPad Data Manager

 

·         Basic edit forms are now automatically created for checkout layers (CQ00310268)

·         Basic read-only forms are now automatically created for copied out feature classes (CQ00211940)

·         Data can be deployed to a connected mobile device from ArcMap during the 'Get Data For ArcPad' wizard (CQ00309274)

·         'Get Data for ArcPad' configuration can be saved for repeated use in ArcMap or ArcToolbox (CQ00310078, CQ00306955, CQ00306954)

·         Copy out layers can be read only or editable (CQ00309965)

·         Default name for an apm file is now the MXD's map name (CQ00310207)

·         Now an option to ‘copy out all’ in Get Data for ArcPad (CQ00310220)

·         Images stored in Image Server can be checked out with the Data Manager (CQ00309863)

·         Stand alone ‘export graphics layer’ tool created (CQ00310289)

·         Improved support of GlobalID and GUID attributes for check out and check in processes through ArcPad Data Manager toolbar (CQ00310181, CQ00310849)

·         Export shapefile symbology errors resolved (CQ00310249)

·         Subtype field names that are common amongst feature classes to be checked out, now each display correctly (CQ00310309)

·         Check out of domains in a related table, that have a single quote ('), no longer causes a crash (CQ00310165)

·         Check out errors when spaces used in alias names have been resolved (CQ00309549)

·         Maplex Label Engine labels no longer crash 'Get Data For ArcPad' tool (NB: Maplex labels are not supported in ArcPad) (CQ00310026, CQ00310320)

·         Graphics import prompts user to overwrite existing graphics if they exist (CQ00310505)

·         JPEG2000 check out improved (CQ00310409)

·         Multiple values for a symbol are exported to the layer definition (CQ00309990)

·         Improved polygon conversion when Import Graphics to ArcMap (CQ00309527)

·         Improved check out of geodatabase raster to TIFF (CQ00310548)

 

ArcPad Studio and Customization

 

·         New toolbar design greatly improves the users interaction with ‘built in’ toolbars allowing customization (CQ00168474, CQ00299847, CQ00310557, CQ00310560, CQ00120462)

·         Captions now display when used in Toolbar submenu (CQ00305904)

·         SIP no longer opens and closes unexpectedly when navigating between forms (CQ00309520, CQ00293278)

·         Tracklog can be programmatically accessed (CQ00310895)

·         When a TOOLBUTTON is disabled, you can now access MENUITEMs of the TOOLBUTTON (CQ00178103)

·         A MENUITEM instance can be created through scripting (CQ00310438)

·         ComboBox no longer displays incorrect values when SORT = False (CQ00309741)

·         When using multi-page forms, Required fields are honored (CQ00310338)

·         Custom menu items can be programmatically changed at runtime (CQ00239534)

·         DOMAINFIELD control which contains a range domain can now be used on QUERYFORM more than once (CQ00310270)

 

Object Model

 

·         Multimedia.CaptureStill method no longer returns error (CQ00309958)

·         Recordset::MoveFirst no longer causes error (CQ00310020)

·         Recordset::Shape.Parts now usable on AXF line/polygon features (CQ00310834)

·         RecordSet.AddNew (Point) now applies the Point’s geography to the new Point record in AXF layers (CQ00310359)

·         OnFeatureAdded event can be fired to Map object when Edit Form not displayed (CQ00309664)

·         Bookmark, BOF , EOF, Move, MoveFirst, MoveNext, MovePrevious, MoveLast, FindNearestXY properties and methods for the AXF recordset implemented similarly as to shapefiles  (CQ00310106)

·         ToolItem.Name no longer returns empty string for tool items  (CQ00309580)

·         XToolItem.Count improved (CQ00310030)

·         SetForegroundWindow has been added as Boolean method to System object  (CQ00239475)

·         DrawShape method uses FillStyle = 1 (empty) (CQ00310112)

·         Setting Form.Fields updates underlying RecordSet in Form/Page OnOK events (CQ00310710)

·         Application.Quit no longer leaves ArcPad icon in task tray (CQ00178035)

 

 

 

What’s New, specifically in SP1