The ArcPad Team Blog: July 2007

Friday, July 27, 2007

ArcPad 7.1 Beta Update ready for download

The ArcPad 7.1 beta update is now available for download. This Beta contains all of the new features intended for ArcPad 7.1 and significant fixes from the previous Beta version. We strongly encourage you to download this Beta and test with your data.

To download go to http://betaweb.esri.com/
If your already registered as a beta user you can download immediately, else, sign up now, its not too late!

Once registered we also encourage you to use the beta forum to share you experiences with ArcPad 7.1 and so we can identify bugs and areas which require careful documentation for the final release.

The key features of ArcPad 7.1 are:

Supports Editing of Related tables

Geodatabase feature classes including relationships are extracted to a single ArcPad AXF File
The user will be able to edit the features as well as the related tables in the field
Database rules are supported in the data, and do not need to be manually added to forms

Usability improvement – QuickProject

Quickly create a new data capture project
Contains ArcPad map, point, polyline and polygon shapefiles
Custom input forms
Category values can be edited

StreetMap Extension

Will be in ArcPad 7.1 core functionality
Supports SDC format
Address geocoding, reverse geocoding and routing
Bundled with North American data from Tele Atlas

ArcPad Data Manager Extension for ArcGIS Desktop

Now have both ArcMap and ArcToolbox tools for Check In/Out
Can Check In/Out from different machines (ie: transaction log now saved with data not left on PC)
Optional password protection /encryption of data
Only way to create AXF file is with the Data Manager

Query Builder

Search multiple fields using different logical operators
And/Or searches
Results include distance and direction (from centre of map or GPS location) and can be sorted

Query Form