ArcPad 7.0 User Guide

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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe

More Information About ArcPad 7.0.1This doc umen t c on ta in s impor ta nt, la te -b re ak ing in fonnatio n on th e fo llow ing topic s:

System Requirements Installation What's New inArcPad 7.0.1 What was new inArcPad 7.0 Documentation Known Issues LizardTech Proprietaty Ri&hts

System RequirementsOn the PC, ArcPad 7.0.1 s uppo rts th e fo llow ing versio ns o f W indows:

W indowsXP W indows 2000

On mob ile d ev ic es, A rc Pad 7.0.1 su pp orts th e fo llowin g v ersio ns o f W in dows: W indows Mobile 2003 W indows Mobile 2003 Sec ond Editio n W indows Mobile 5.0 W indows CE 4.2 W indows CE 5.0

O n W indow s M obile and W indows CE devices, A rcPad 7.0.1 supports the ARM-based CPU chips. Theseinclude C PU chips from the following manufacturers:

Intel (StrongARM , XScale) Samsung Texas Instnnnents (OM AP) A tmel

Microsof t Ac ti veSync 4.2 o r h ighe r is req uired to sy nch ro nize y ou r m ob ile d ev ic e with y ou r PC.T he A rcP ad T ools fur A rcG IS D esktop require A rcV ieW , A rcE ditorTM , or A rcInfu 9.0 or higher.

Ins talla tionThe firs t s te p fu r in sta llin g A rc Pa d 7.0.1 is to read the Installing ArcPad 7.0.1 insta ll guide!The Installing ArcPad 7.0.1 insta ll guide is included as a PD F file on the A rcPad 7.0.1 CD-ROM , as well a

file:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeav ailab le fo r d ownlo ad from www.esricomlarcpad

New Ins ta ll at ionsIf you intend to use A rcPad on a m obile device such as a M icrosoft W indows M obile device, or W indow sCE device, you m ust install M icrosoft A ctiveSync version 4.2 or greater on your desktop system beforeinstalling ArcPad.Y our m obile device does not need to be connected to your desktop system during the initial i nstallation ofA rcPad. Y ou m ay install the A rcPad A pplication, sam ple data, datum transform ation tables, or language localfiles to your m obile device at any time after successfully installing A rcPad on your desktop. To install any of thm obile com ponents of A rcPad, connect your m obile device to your desktop PC using M icrosoft A ctiveSyncon the PC choose the desired com ponent you wish to install from the A rcPad 7 program group:

Install A rcPad 7.0.1 Application on W indows M obile Install A rcPad 7.0.1 Ehnore Sample Data on W indows Mobile Install A rcPad 7.0.1 Redlands Sample Data on W indows Mobile Install A rcPad 7.0.1 W orld Sample Data on W indows M obile Install A rcPad 7.0.1 HARN tables on W indows Mobile Install A rcPad 7.0.1 NADCON tables on W indows Mobile Language Packs for W indows M obile

T he A rcPad 7 program group on the P C is located under Start> AllPrograrns> ArcG IS .T he la test ve rsio n o f M icro so ft A ctiv eS yn c a nd o th er re lated tec hnic al info rm atio n and resources can be foundat http://www.microsoft.comlwindowsmobile/defuuh.rnspx.

P revious I ns ta lla tionsIt is recorrnnended that you uninstall any previous version of A rcPad 7.0 from your desktop PC and W indow sMobile compu te r b efo re installin g A rcP ad 7 .0 .1 . H ow eve r, th e in sta llatio n pro gram will check for this andp romp t y ou to u nin stallO n W indow s M obile and W indows CE, it is highly re co rrn nen de d tha t y ou un in stall an y p rev io us v ersio n ofArcPad and A rcP ad fonts before installing A rcPad 7 .0.

Removal of ArcPad from your mobile device can be performed using the AddlRemove Programsoption from the Tools m enu in M icrosoft ActiveSync while your m obile device is connected to yourdesktop system AhemateIy, you can use the Remove Programs option from the Settings menu onyou r mobile d ev ic e.

There are issues on mobile devices with uninstalling o r ove rwriting fonts . It is reco rrn nen ded to remov ethe A rcPad font m anually by using W indows Explorer on the desktop to navigate to the\Wmdmw\Fonts directory on the connected m obile device and using the standard file delete inW indows Explorer to remove the file esri_30.ttf. The A rcPad Fonts changed at A rcPad 7.0, and newfonts have been added, so it is re co rrnn end ed th at y ou u nin stall th e e xistin g A rcP ad F on t from p re viou sversions of A rcP ad. T he new A rcPad fonts are autom atically installed with ArcPad 7.0.1 - on the PC ,W indows M obile, and W indow s CE.If you choose not to remove the ArcPad font from your m obile device, you will rece iv e a ''F ile In Use

http://www.esricomlarcpad/http://www.microsoft.comlwindowsmobile/defuuh.rnspx.http://www.microsoft.comlwindowsmobile/defuuh.rnspx.http://www.esricomlarcpad/


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeerror m essage w hen installing A rcPad 7 .0.1 o n yo ur m obile device.

ArcPad Tools for ArcGIS DesktopA rcPad 7.0.1 includes new A rcPad tools for A rcG IS D esktop. These tools are autom atically installed on to thA rcPad toolbar in A rcM ap. The A rcPad Tools for A rcG IS D esktop require A rc V iew , A rc Editor, or A rcInfo9.0 o r hig her.Y ou can m anu ally install th e A rcPad too ls iffor some reason they are not autom atically installed. T he A rcP adT oo ls can be m an ually installed by running (do uble-clicking) the A rcP ad7 Tools.reg p rogram (w hich by default,located under th e \P rog ram Files\A rcP ad 7 .0 \D esktop T ools folder).

ToolsA rcPad 7.0.1 includes sam ple tools, w hich are installed into the Tools folder on the PC (w hich, by defuuh is\P ro gram F i1 es\A rcP a d 7 .0 \T oo ls). T he fo llowin g to ol is in clu de d with A rcPad 7.0:

PhotoLayerTools: displays a list ofphoto layers in the current A rcPad m ap, and exports the selectedPhoto L ayer into a point shapefi1 e. The EX IF tags are exported as attributes in the shapefi1e.

To use these tools, add the \Program Files\A rcPad 7 .0\Tools path to the A pplets path in the A rcPad O ptionsand restart A rcPad. The tools will be loaded w hen A rcPad starts.

Localization LanguagesA rcP ad 7 .0.1 includes langu ag e pack s fo r the follow ing languages:

Chinese (H ong Kong) C hinese (Sim plified) Czech Danish Dutch French German Hebrew Hungarian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese (B razil) Romanian Spanish Swedish

A ll of the language packs includ ed with A rcPad 7.0.1 are autom atically installed on the desktop PC w henin sta llin g A rc Pa d 7 .0 .1 . H owev er, la ng ua ge p ac ks n ee d to b e in div id ua lly a nd e xp lic itly in sta lle d o n W in dows



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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeMobile and W indow s C E using the Language Packs for Windows Mobile> Install Language Pack progragroup item on the desktop pc. Once a 1anguage pack has been installed on a device, it can be selected from tLocale page of the A rcPad O ptions dialog box.In order to use a 1anguage pack w ith A rcPad, the locale and codeset mist be supported on the device. TheL ocale page of the A rcPad O ptions only lists the locales w hich are supported on the device. Y our device'soperatin g system does not necessarily need to be lo calized fo r a p articular 1 anguage in order to use the 1 ang uain A rcPad, but the operating system does need to support the 1anguage and codepage. For exam ple, you caninstall the C hinese fonts, or codepages, on an English W indow s X P Pc. O nce you have done this, you can usthe C hinese locale w ith A rcPad, even though the W indow s X P operating system is still in English.P le ase c on ta ct y ou r lo ca l E SR I In te rn atio nal D istrib uto r fo r in fu rm atio n o n a va ila ble lo ca le s fu r W in dows Moband W indow s C E devices in your region

What's New in ArcPad 7.0.1

Enhancements to ArcPadA rcPad 7.0.1 includes a num ber of im provem ents and enhancem ents to the 7.0 release. Below is a summary othese enhancem ents and includes those released in A rcPad 7.0 Service Pack 1:Install

The install process now ensures that previous version of A rcPad 7.0 are rem oved before installing 7 .0 The new D atum Configuration Tool is installed w ith A rcPad 7 .0.1. N ote that the tool requires the

M icrosoft.N et 2 .0 fram ew ork to be installed on your m achine. Y ou can find the fram ew ork here.Perfonnance

Load speed improvements of25-50% have been observed on various devices. One change that hass ign if icant ly cont ribu ted to this im provem ent is the m ovem ent of Projection data into a resource only Dn am ed P ljD ata.d II, lo cate d in th e A rcP ad 7.0 System folder,

The speed of drawing o ffe atu re s (w ith a nd w ith ou t) 1 ab els h as b ee n s ig nific an tly in cre as ed , p artic ula rlyn otic eab le w ith 1 arg e d ata s ets.

Usability On W indows M obile 5 devices, A rcPad takes advantage of the devices advanced picture brow singc ap ab ilitie s o f th e d ev ic e. A rcPad 7 now includes a Custom Datum tool to he1p y ou define new datum transfurm ations and selec

defaul t t ransformations.Layers

W hen a folder w hich does not contain any spatial data is clicked in the 1ayer b row ser, it does notdisappear, but the icon changes to show that there are no spatial1ayers inside.

A rcPad supports photos taken on H P 6900 devices, using the georeferencing created w ith the built inc ame ra app li ca ti on



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ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe

ArcPad Options fur Camera now allows fur a ''bJank''. (Ref . CQ00293710)Symbology

The default style sheet has been updated to match ArcGIS 9.2. Label expression : f i e l d now suppo rt muh:ip le lin es , w ith v ertic al s cro llb ar.

Projections and Datums Included now, is a Datum Configuration Tool N ote that the tool requires the M icrosoft.N et 2.0

fram ew ork to be installed on your m achine. This to ol is u sed to ad d cu stom d atum s to th e tran sfu rm s.d: f i l e ( previous ly a manual p roce ss ).

Support fur reading .AUX.XML fur a M rSID : f i l e has been added. The defuuhtransform s.dbffile is now shipped preconfigured w ith m ore appropriate versions of the

commonly used transform s betw eenNAD 1983 INAD 1927 and WGS 1984. Projection files have been updated to better m atch A rcG IS 9.2. N ADCON inverse transform ations now w ork correctly.

Object Model Further to the user interface im provem ent of taking advantage of the W indows M obile 5.0 picture

b rowse r, ShowPic tu reO As String, has been added to the CommonDialog object. O n WM5 deviceswill detect and use the new enhanced picture brow ser, on other platform s, a regular file brow ser isshown in st ead.

For spatial indexes, methods Buildlndex and Deletelndex have been added to the FIELD object toquery and create attribute indexes. The property H asIndex has also been added.

Promote method added to Toolltem object. Sleep(M illiseconds) m ethod added to System object. Filename parameter added to the !NET object. The corrnnand M ovetoG PS has been added to the A pplicationExecuteC orrnnand. Interprocess co:rm nm ication (IPC ) m essaging has been added by m eans of Find W indow and

SendWindow.Lan2ua2e Packs

Korean and Czech 1anguage packs added.

Issues addressed from the previous releaseA rcPad 7.0.1 addresses a num ber of issues raised from the previous releases. B elow is a summary of the issuw hich have been addressed (in both 7.0.1 and the 7.0 Service Pack 1), along w ith their corresponding referennumber.Installation

A rcP ad 7.0.1 installation now properly sets the registry key describing the installation directory. (R ef.CQ00287151)

W ise install obeys I s sile nt in sta ll c orrn na nd a rg umen t, a llowin g in sta lla tio n to o cc ur w ith ou t u se r in pu t(Ref . CQ00295756)



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2012.01.14.Documentat ion

ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe

A link to the Reference Guide has been added to Prograrns>A rcGIS>ArcPad7 m enu (Ref.CQ00287489)

A rcPad 7 tools for A rcG IS Fixes have been m ade to the handling of Traverse M ercator projection strings stored inside an EH F A

form atted A UX binary file, to ensure that the m ap projection of checked out data (using the ArcPad 7to ols) m atch es th e p ro jec tio n o f th e o rig in al d ata. (R ef. CQ00 28 89 81 )

Forms On CE devices, IDEN TIFY FORM now displayed when supplied. (Ref. CQ00290138) M in OR Max validation can now be used for numeric edit controls on fonns as well and M in AND M

(Ref . Q00287517) Correct Boo1ean response is now returned for the ToolItem Checked property. (Ref. CQ 00285304) V ertical scroll bar on custom form s now scroll. (Ref. C Q00291242) Combo boxes which are populated by records from a dbf file (w ith a relative path name) no longer

cause an error in a com pi1ed apl (R ef. C Q00293621) The Form wizard now sets the LA YER nam e to "filenam e.shp" instead of1eaving it unset, (Ref.

CQ00287077) Fi1e browsing for IM AGEBOX and Picture page now works. (Ref. CQ00293710) The picture browser on W indows M obi1e 5 devices has option to change folders. (Ref. CQ 00294954) Se1ect photo (folder) button on Picture page will show thumbna il p review (ifa va ila b1 e) o n XP IPPC (R

CQ00294648) A rcPad correctly sets the form caption on W indow s M obi1e D evices. (Ref. CQ 00295004) ("ShowEditForm '~ =false now does turn off the edit form for both polyline and polygon layers. (R ef.

CQ00294285) OnV alidate for fields now fire only once when you press OK . (Ref. CQ 00295582) M sgBox during Form close no longer locks up ArcPad (Ref. CQ00295594)

Layers ArcPad now displays the .shp extension for layers which do not have an .apI, as well as those that do.

(Ref . CQ00287077) W hen the name of a layer is the default name (ie: no name specified in APL f i 1 e ) the return string in no

lo ng er n ull- te rm in ate d, a llowin g fo r s trin g c omparis on s in App lic atio n Build er. (R ef. Q00285 45 0) U nchecking the ''V isib1e'' check box for a layer, now also unchecks its ''Editable'' check box. Edit laye

are d rawn o nly if''V isib le'' is ch eck ed . (R ef. CQOO I7 13 67 ) 16- bit grey scale M rSID support has been restored. (Ref. CQ 00292900) B uilding a spatial index on zero features no longer causes fatal error. (R ef. C Q00293496) Tapping the geography tab of a se1ected point feature no longer causes a fatal error. (Ref.

CQ00294500) FindN earest XY now accepts null envelopes ie.: the corrnnand can be used to find features nearest to

s ele cte d p oin t. (R ef. CQ00295062 )Labels

Label rotation field name is now saved in the .apm file in ArcPad, and is now correctly read from thefile:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe(Re f. CQ00290022)

Symbology True type m arkers now rotate re1ative to the M ap Rotation (Ref. CQ 00294252, CQ 00295099) Fixed problem of incorrect handling of bitm aps for raster fill s ymbolo gy . (Re f. CQ00205 25 2)

Editin2 Polygons are always written in a way to create positive areas in A rcPad / ArcGIS, regardless of

d ir ec tion o f d ig it iz ing . (Re f. CQ00286252 ) The second vertex in a left/right offset is now created in the correct location (R ef. C Q00284577) D igitizing a polygon w ith a 1arge num ber of vertices no long causes fatal error. (R ef. C Q002 8933 9) S egm entin g (a prev iou sly cap tured line) is now disabled w hile creating offsets, and in versely, offsetting

disabled w hen a line is begun w ith a segm ent operation (R ef. C Q0028 4580) The 'R epeat A ttributes' function now w orks for B oolean fields. (R ef. C Q00293315) A llow m ore than 32 item s to appear in the start/stop editing list. (R ef. C Q00296577)

GPS SUnP ort The point capture routine correctly generates ID s fur the A PExN otify events. (R ef. C Q00286840) Interrupting G PS averaging no longer results in unexpected coordinates. (R ef. C QOO 1 68441 ) The G PS Position ID is properly reported for a second linear traverse. (R ef. CQ 00285443) APEx Notify is now called when points are entered v ia th e g eo gra ph y tab . (R ef. CQ00 28 68 37 ) The GPS insert vertex illo rd er is c orrec t. (R ef. CQ00 28 79 79 )

Range fmde r O ffsets captured w ith R angefinder are re1ative to the m ost recent G PS location (R ef. C Q00284578) C apturing a point w ith a R angefinder no long destroys a partially captured line. (R ef. C Q00284579) Even ifn o referen ce poin t is in itially set, param eters are cap tured w ith R ang efinder and h eld untilre fe re nc e p oin t is se t. (R ef. CQ00 28 84 60 )

General On W indows CE devices, A rcPad no longer causes an hourglass that won't go away when a save is

made . (Ref. CQ00289356 ) Im proved encoded XML perfurm ance. (R ef. C Q00292970) ArcPad no longer crashes when comm itting changes ifdata is located on a locked SD card. (Ref.

CQ00281935) Screen lock no longer persists on C E.net devices. (Ref. CQ 00288727) A rcPad no longer causes a fatal error w hen you select ''N ew m ap" after editing features. (R ef.

CQ00293525) A rcPad correctly uses the Find envelope now , and the Find fim ction has been 'strengthened' fur polyg

and p olylines, so that exact m atch ed are returned, no t just po ssible m atches. (R ef. CQ 00 294 303 ) Latitude and Longitude 1abels on the Find Location dialog box have been corrected Projection infurm ation disp1 ays correct datum and spheroid ID fur a custom projection (R ef.

CQ00286918 ) C ustom datum s are now recognized. (Ref. C Q00286467) The coordinate string parser C OO RD SY S now discards any invalid length coordinate system string-



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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMemitigates a buffer overflow problem (Ref CQ00285444)

Projections ArcPad acknowledges "Albers_Conica1_Equa1_Area" as a valid alias for projection type "Albers" and

the detection of an Albers projection embedded in an AUX :filewas improved. (Ref CQ00292656) The precedence of projection detection has been corrected to be: PRJ, AUX and finally the WKT str

embedded in the MrSID file, allowing a user to override the WKT string by creating either the AUX :or a PRJ file. (Ref CQ00292656) COORDSYS object now correctly performs datum transformations. (Ref CQ00293498)

ArcPad now recognizes the datum D_DHDN, as an alias for D_Deutsches _Hauptdreiecksnetz. (RefCQ00289130)

Hotine Oblique Mercator AzirrruthNaturalOrigin U.S.A. PRJ filehas been added. (Ref CQ00292501 'Projection Name' and 'Unit' parameters are now combined to ensure correct units of measurement a

reported when using GeoTIFF's. (Ref CQ00294992) The Utilities>Export Projection Information .. tools code has been updated to now export the 'Flatteni

column to the correct name of 'Inverse Flattening'. (Ref CQ00295425) Correct values are shown for custom datum transforms. (Ref CQ00295005)Customi7lltion Toolbuttons that call the ExecuteCorrnnand Method's internal corrnnand ("exit'~ with an onclick event

no longer crashes ArcPad. (Ref CQ00289870) NavigationClear no longer crashes ArcPad when ran as a utilities script. (Ref CQ00290039) Promoting of menu items is now supported by the ToolItemClick method (ifit is flagged promotable i

the toolbar definition). (Ref CQ00290767) There is no longer a Script error when APX is encoded, and script is in a VBS/JS file. (Ref

CQ00290419) Can now properly save and nm a Script on Windows Mobile device. (Ref CQ00283671) Enhanced the RecordSet object's Find method to support Field- Value pairs. (Ref CQ00285154) The "ShowProgressDialogs" property has been added to Layer.Propertiest) to suppress the Building

the Spatial Index dialog. (Ref CQ00285152) Can now access the Position ID v ia the ''POSITIONID'' property which can be retrieved v ia

GPS.PropertiesO. (Ref CQ00288851) The Archive object can create a zip :fileofa two byte :file-named shapefile (eg: Japanese :files).Please

note that WinZip files created on a Japanese system with Japanese :filenames, will not open on a non-Japanese system Likewise for other languages that util ize a double byte character system (e.g. ChinesKorean). (Ref CQ00289549)

Object Model When an existing Recordset has been 'emptied' and 'packed' it is returned to its initial state, similarly

a new, empty record set. (eg: .BOF and .EOF are "True''). (Ref CQ00200848) The Recordset find method has been updated to support an optional "ScriptLanguage" parameter. If

ScriptLanguage is not supplied, the defauk script language specified in the preferences is used.ScriptLanguage can be any valid installed scripting language, and does not have to be the same as thelanguage the calling script is nmning in . (Ref CQ00287768)

RecordSet.Find has been altered to ensure that it works correctly with Jscript. (Ref CQ00287769)file:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe FindNearest XY has been altered to ensure that it w orks correctly w ith Jscript on the D ell Axim (Ref

CQ00295062) File object writes using Unicode, ASCII and the File System Default, (R ef CQ00289332 ) Console. clear no longer causes fatal error in A rcPad. (Ref CQ 00293689) Reopening an Aux. port (via Aux..open corrnnand) no longer fails w hen it is envoked after a close

(A ux ..clo se ) c orrnn and . (R ef CQ002 93 70 5) O n a m obile device, w hen setting A pplication.R un to ''w ait'', it now does w ait until the application is

done numing before it proceeds. (R ef CQOO 1 69484) FindN earestXY no longer crashes JScript on i-Mate JASJAR and Dell A xim (Ref CQ 00295062)Language packs

R esource string for 'A utom atically pan view ' corrected to ensure correct translation inserted. (R efCQ00289218)

What was new in ArcPad 7.0For those upgrading directly to A rcPad 7.0.1 from A rcPad 6, A rcPad 7.0 included a significant num ber ofim provem ents and enhancem ents. A list of these is included here to assist your transition to the A rcPad 7product.

Enhancements inArcPad 7.0Perfonnance

Updated platform supporto Optim ized for W indows M obile 2003 and W indows CE 4.2o Added support for W indows M obile 5.0 and W indows CE 5.0

Im proved support for shapeffie indexeso Read -o nly sup po rt fo r attrib ute in dex eso Option to create spatial index

N ew graphics engine for faster sym bology rendering Faster image rendering via new JPEG2000, TIFF, and M rSID M G3 support

F as te r imag e re nd erin g via updated M rSID libraries, w hich includes support for MG2 and MG3 Greeking

o S implified ren de rin g o ffea tu re s th at oc cu py few er pixe ls th an sp ec ified in th e gree king thresh old so Specify greeking options on D isplay Q uality page of A rcPad O ptionso Greek ing th re shol ds specifi ed in ArcPadP re fS .xm lo Enable lD is ab le g re ek in g fo r

Point greeking Polyline greeking Polygon greeking M ulti Point greeking

Usabilityfile:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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Startup screeno Opti on t o d is ab le /enable

Table of Contentso L egend of all layers in the m apo L ayers page sh ow s :filen am e and location for each layero Tool to add layers to m ap from the Layers page

Improved symbology M ore labeling options

ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe

M ore intuitive arrangem ent of editing tools Toolbar drop dow n m enu for selecting layers active for editing Easier cormection to GPS Support for large toolbar buttons Easier map navigation tools

o A single click or tap w hen the Pan, Zoom In, or Zoom O ut tools are active will center the m ap onth e c lic ke d lo ca tio n

Editin& Offsets

o Left/rig ht o ffs ets fo r p oly lin e a nd poly gonso S in gle p oin t o ffse t fo r p oin ts an d v erte x

D istance - bearing (inclination)o 2 poin t offsets for points and vertex

D istance - distance (inclination) Bearing - bearing (inclination)

o Inp ut for single po int o ffset and 2 point offset S lop e d istan ce, horizontal d istan ce, vertical distance Reference point(s) from G PS, pen, or snapping to existing feature Foresight or backsight M agnetic or True N orth M agnetic declination read from GPS (ifavailable) Observer height Target height L inear traverse for polylines and polygons R adial traverse for polylines and polygons

R epeated attributes for point, line and polygon features Segm ented line features Snapping

o Snap to vertex, edge, or endo Multi ple snapp ing laye rso S napping layers specified in S nap pin g page o fTOCo S nap tolerance specified in Sn ap ping page of M ap P rop ertieso Sho rtc ut k ey

On PC: Ctrl key On W indows M obi1e/CE: Center button D isplays snapping buffers Forced all p en actions to be snapped (e.g. Identify, M easure, A dvanced Select)



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Undoo C an undo or cancel the previous V ertex Insert, V ertex M ove, or V ertex D eleteo C an undo or cancel the previous V ertex A ppendo C an cancel a :feature M ove, Size, Scale, or R otateo (U nd o o f a ttrib ute e dits o r d eletin g fe atu re s is n ot s up po rted )

Graphics layer for field sketches and noteso Use s stan da rd e ditin g to olso Addi tional text edi ting tool so A rcG IS D esktop tool for exporting an d im porting graphics layers from A rcG IS to /from A rcPad

Im proved arrangem ent of editing tools for easier access and useo S ta rt/S to p E ditin g to ol o n B rows er to olb ar fo r se lec tin g la ye rs ac tiv e fo r e ditin go All to ols a re a cc es sib le v ia to olb ars an d to olb ar d ro p d own men us, in clu din g fo llowin g to ols w hic h

w ere p rev io us ly a va ila ble fo r co nte xt m en us Insert vertices Append vertices Move :feature Rotate :feature Scale :feature Resize :feature

Corrnnand Bar added at bottom of map for easier access to tools for m anaging editso L ock w hich disables the A rcPad application from pen or m ouse inputo S av e G eom etry for sav ing th e geom etry chang es to an existin g :featureo Proceed to A ttribute Capture to end the geom etry capture of a new :feature and proceed to

captur ing the : fea tu re 's a tt ribu teso U ndo for undoing the last edit m ade to a :featureo Pen T oggle fo r enabling or disabling the use of the pen for capturing new :featureso Canc el fo r c an ce lin g e dits to a n e xis tin g :fe atu re 's g eometry

R a n g e f U l d e r s u p p o r t P rovide inpu t data (distance, bearin g, inclination) for offsets Supported rangefinders

o Lase r A t1ant a Advan tageo Las erC ra ft Conto uro L ase r T ec hn olo gy Impu ls e (C riterio n 4 00 fo rm at)o MDLLaserAceo L eic a D ISTOo L eic a L ase r L oc ato r

S pecify b utton fo r ran gefinder ''trigg er'' V iew raw data in G PS & Ran ge fin de r D eb ug W in dow D evelopers can build custom rangefinder extensions

GPS S up port S im plified G PS corrn nunication param eters Find GPS tool

o S earches for co nnected G PS receiverfile:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeo Dete cts a nd se ts c on nmm ic atio n p aram ete rs

GPS Heighto An te nn a h eig hto U se M ap units for height unitso Geoid separ ati ono He ight unit s

GPS capture controlso D ista nce in te rv al fo r s tre am in g GPS d ata c ap tu re Ability to custom ize the GPS cursor, v ia th e A rcPad con fig ura tio n file (A rcPad.a px )

Option to disable the GPS auto pan Updated the fix quality displayed in the GPS Position W indow to be based on NMEA v3.0 $GPGGA W hen using the TSIP protocol, A rcPad requests the height relative to RAE, and not to M SL

Symbology M ap legend in Table of Contents Sym bol editors for m arker, line, polygon, and text sym bols

o C an change sym bol by choosing sym bol from style sheeto C an define basic sym bo logy (color, size, sim ple fil l)o ESR I D efau lt s ty le s he ets in clu de d with A rcPad (ESR I.a ps )o A rcG IS D esktop tools provided to export ESR I Style sheets for use in A rcPad

C om plex line sym bols (polylines and polygon boundaries)o Compo site lin e s ymbolso Hasho Markero Patt ern s tri ng so E nd arrowso Offsets Complex polygon : f i l l so Markero Lineo Gradiento Raster f i l l

Complex marker symbolso Com posite m arker sym bo lso S ca 1a ble ma rk er s ymbolso Rota ta ble m ark er symb ols

M ultiple reference scales for sym bols (in order of precedence)o In div id ua l s ymbo l lev el (se t in S cale p ag e o f S ymbo l P ro pertie s)o In div id ua l la ye r le ve l (se t in S ca le p ag e o f L ay er P ro pe rtie s)o Map view level (set in Scale page of M ap Properties)

Transparencyo C an specify transparent co lor fo r layero C an % transparency from 0% (O paque) to 100% (Transparent)

Labelingfile:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe P1acement options for point 1abels

o 9 poin t pos itionso Label angle

Attribute based angle (for point 1ayers only) P1acement options for line 1abels

o Horizontal posi tion End Middle Start

o Vertical posi tion Above On Baseline Be10w

Label expressionso Using VBScript or Jscripto Allows for stacked 1abels

Label angleo Fixed angleo A ttrib ute based an gle (for po int 1 ay ers on ly)

"Smart" 1abelso Labels which do not fit lin e or p olyg on feature are not d isp 1ayedo L abels rendered after all the features for the 1ayer have been rendered

Camera Support Picture page on Feature Properties dialog box

o Includ es too ls to rotate the im age clo ckw ise o r cou nter-clockwise Photos can be taken v ia two meth od so Standalone photos w hich are not associated w ith a feature, using the Cam era tool on the Tools

drop dow n listo Photos associated w ith a feature, using the C am era tool on the Picture page of the Feature

Properties dialog bo x Camera preferences

o P re fix . f or pho to filenameso Date /tim e suffix fo r p ho to file name so Image qua lityo Default path fo r stand alo ne pho toso Image qua lity con tro l

Support for EXIF header information for JPEG imageso EX IF fields popu1ated w hen supported by cam era drivero Date /tim e fie ld s p opu1 ated b y A rcPado GPS coordinates popu1ated by A rcPad

Support for Photo Layer (*.aph)o Disp1ay geo re fe renced pho to s within s pe cifie d fo ld er a s " po in t" fe atu re s

Supported cameras on W indows Mobilefile:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeo HP iPAQ rx3 7xx, h63 xx integrated cam eraso Integrated cam eras on W indow s Mobile 5 devices

On PC, support v ia standard cam era A PIo T ypically cam eras w hich support both w eb cam and still p hoto m odes

D evelopers can build cam era extensionsQuenr

Improved Find toolo Search criteria and search results on separate pageso Resu lts p age

Can sort results by each coh.unn Each record in results show s sym bol and results re co rd n umbe r

o Loc atio n p ag eo S earc h fo r an d n av ig ate to sp ec ific co ord in ate u sin g differe nt co ord in ate sy stem s

Coordinate system of current map L atitu de /lo ngitud e UTMZone MGRS (Military Grid Refe re nc e Sys tem )

Map Interface Map rotation

o Automatic w ith GPSo Manual

North Arrow Improved and simpler scale bar Status bar

o Optio n to disp la y co ordin ates in d ec im al d egree so Number of decimals u se d to d isp lay co ord in ate s inc re ased

ArcPad Options separated intoo A rcP ad Option so GPS Pre fe renceso Rangefinder Pre fe rences

Expanded M ap PropertiesData Fonnats

Support for shapefile attribute indexes Shapefiles are now autom atically packed, ifneeded, w hen the layer is closed Support for Graphics layer (* .apg)

o Field sketches and noteso Im port/e xp ort to ols fo r A rcG IS

Support for Photo Layer (* .aph)o Displa y g eo re fe re nc ed pho to s within s pe cifie d fo ld er a s " po in t" fe atu re s

Additional image formatso JPEG2000o T IFF (Including G eoT IFF, L ZW )



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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeo MrSIDMG3o GIFo Coo rd in ate sy stem (.p rj) an d g eo referen cin g (w orld file) in fo nn atio n read from image header or

AUX file, ifpresent A rcIM S Image Service support

o S up po rt fur no n-stan dard p orts. T he stand ard po rt is 8 0, no n-stan dard p orts are sp ecified in th eURL fu r th e A rclMS serv ice (e.g. fu r p ort 1 234 : ht1 ;p ://arcim sservice:12 34 )

o Support fur A relM S S ervices using Secure Sockets L ayer (SSL ), httpso Support for A rclM S S ervices using usem am e passw ord. U sem am e and passw ord is specified in

ArclM S page of the A rcPad Options. Coordinate System s

o Additional projec tions Hotine Oblique M ercator Az imuth Na tu ra l O rig in

State P1ane A laska Z one 1Mich igan GeoRe f p ro je ct ion

Hotine Oblique M ercator Azinruth CenterSwitzerlandHunga ri an Na ti onal P ro je cti on

Krovak (S-ITSK) Malaysian RSO Cassini

o Addit ional da tum transfonna tions NADCON HARN S-JTK to WGS84 ( Czech Republic) D _ D ealul_ P iscului_1970 ( Rom ania ) M olodenski- B adekas ( N ether1ands ) NAD83 (CSRS98) to W GS84, and other new datum transfunnations from ArcGIS 9.2 Updated NAD83INAD83 HARN to WGS84 IITRFOO tran sfu nn atio ns Param eters fur A mersfoort to WGS84 datum transform ation updated D _ Palestin e tranfu nn atio n p aram eters

o S up po rt fur cu stom p ro jectio n an d d atum tran sform atio n D LL so Addit ional p ro je ct ion f il es ( .p rj )

NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane KentuckyFIPS 1600.prj files UTM WGS84 Zones 5 to 9, and 60

Customi7ation QuickForm tool

o Cre ate s imp le c us tom input forms in A rcP ad fo r n ew o r ex istin g sh ap efile so Specify

Fields to be used in form Size of custom form Text font Background color of form Minirrrum and maximum values



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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1ReadMe Required :fields L ist values for pick lists D isplay of default pages (Picture, Sym bology, A ttributes, and G eography pages)

Run Script tool, which opens the Script dialog box for running scripts Ability to custom ize the GPS cursor, v ia th e ArcPad con figur ation file (Ar cPad .apx ) M ultiple paths can be specified for applets and extensions M ultiple VBS files can be referenced in .APX files Added a corrnnand line argument to specify the ArcPad window 's start up state Enhancements to fonns

o SIP attribute to suppress the W indow s M obilelW indow s C E soft input p an el (S IP )o Min imax v alid atio n fo r ED IT con tro lso C an now delete a feature with the EDIT FORM 's OnOK evento The maxirrnnn number of controls that can be added to a page has been increased to 255

Expanded ArcPad Object Modelo N ew objects

Rangefinder FTP Archive Multimedia Preferences Console

o N ew m ethods, events, and properties MsgBox method added to Application object A dded FindN earest. .. m ethods to polyline/polygon objects Enhanced File object to support Unicode read/w rite Added OnIdentifY event to M ap object Added .H ighlight method to the Layer object Added Onldentify and H ighlight A dded .H asSpatiallndex and .H yperlinkField Added .Path and .FilePath properties to the A pplication object SnappingTolerance has been added to the M ap object SnappingMode has been added to the Layer object Layer property has been added to ThisEvent object Added the .H asSpatiallndex property to the RecordSet object Added method to get/set Hyperlink field for a Layer

Support for JScript Support for large toolbar buttons Added support for reverse M GRS calculation Expanded extensions API

o New in te rfa ce s Cameras Rangefinders Projections D atum transfonnations

o Added the A PExN otify A PI for extensionsfile:IIIC:/PROGRA-1/ARCPAD-1.0/ESRIAR-2.HTM


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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMeo Added extension interfaces for sym bology to create sym bols and draw with th ose s ymbols

ArcPad Tools for ArcGIS New tools added to the ArcPad toolbar in ArcPad

o E xp ort symb olo gy fu r sele cte d sh ap efiles into A rcPad L ayer file (* .apl)o Export A rcG IS G raphics Layer to A rcPad G raphics L ayer (* .apg)o Im port A rcPad G raphics Layer to A rcG IS G raphics L ayero G et Data for ArcPad 7 tool, w hich exports sym bology supported by A rcPad R otation field for labeling points exported from A rcPad tools for A rcG IS

New Styles toolo Export A rcG IS styles to A rcPad style (* .aps)

Documentation 'Using ArcPad" book (updated) ArcPad Quick Reference Card (updated) "ArcPad Reference Guide" book (new, PDF only)

Sample Data New sample data:

o R edlands ( Califo rn ia , USA)o Ehnore ( V ictoria , A ustralia )o World

Platfonn Support Supported versions of W indows

o Win dows Mob ile 2003o Win dows Mob ile 2003 S econd Editio no Win dows Mob ile 5.0o W indows CE 4.2o W indows CE 5.0o Windows 2000o Windows XP, including Windows XP T ab le t PC E ditio n

Supported W indows Mobile and W indows CE CPU chipso ARM -based CPU chips

Intel (StrongARM , XScale) Samsung Texas Instnnnents (OMAP) Atmel

Issues addressed inArcPad 7.0 from the previous releaseIn addition to the enhancem ents listed above, A rcPad 7.0 also addressed a m nnber of issues raised from theprevious releases. B elow is a summary of the issues w hich w ere addressed, along with thei r correspondingr ef er ence number.Installation



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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe ''Program Manager Group" changed to ''Program Group" in the install dialogs. (Ref CQ00277780) PDF files of the ArcPad documentation are now installed on the PC with ArcPad. (Ref CQ00278798) Sample data is now installed in the correct folders with a Windows Mobile 5 storage card. (Ref

CQ002786l0) ArcPad is now added to the program list when installing on Windows Mobile 5 devices. (Ref

CQ00278595) The installer no longer shortens patlmames, avoiding problems on Windows 2000. (Ref CQ00276652) The ArcPad application can now be installed on a storage card for Windows Mobile. (RefCQOO142862) ArcPad installs to correct folders different when installing to non-defauh directory on mobile devices.

(Ref CQOO197020) ProcessorType removed from application CAB :files.(Ref CQ00239408)

General ArcPad no longer crashes when trying to set 10ng(>80 character) status bar text. (Ref CQ00276575) Opening a map with ArclMS layer on startup no longer crashes ArcPad ifno internet cormection

available. (Ref CQ00236834) The add new shape:file dia10gno longer allows users to create duplicate field names. (RefCQ00277637) Status bar, north arrow and scale bar settings are now saved. (Ref CQ00278579) ArcPad no longer locks up when trying to open/save a map in My Documents on Windows 2000. (R

CQ00193827) The coordinates in the feature information dialog box are collapsed by defauh. (Ref CQ00278987)

Map Interface Zoom out now works ifheight of zoom box is less than width. (Ref CQ00277396) Opening map with ArclMS layer on startup no longer crashes ArcPad ifno internet cormection availab

(Ref CQ00236834)Editin&

Freehand line/polygon no longer spikes off into infinity when at the edge of map extent. (RefCQ00203647)

GPS Su pp ort The width of the GPS Datum combobox has been extended. (Ref CQ00277066, CQ00278359) Empty dialog box no longer displayed when cormecting to a GPS for the first time. (Ref CQ00174389) The GPS cursor is refreshed correctly. (Ref CQOO146517) Averaging no longer continues after preset no iteration (Ref CQ00278360)

Symbolo&y Polygon : f i l l colors are no longer mixed when polygons overlap on Windows Mobile. (Ref

CQ00187390) Polygon labels are no longer hidden behind adjacent polygons. (Ref CQ00187323) Hatch symbology displays correctly. (Ref CQ00238850)

Query Identify dialog no longer hangs when zoomed in on shape:fileswith large polygons. (Ref CQ00238585)



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2012.01.14.Data Fonnats

Grayscale M rSID im age now display correctly w ith 256 color screen (Ref CQ OO 1 75021) M rSID image no longer shifted in ArcPad vs. A rcM ap. (Ref CQOO 1 78695) M rSID im ages now disp1ay correctly at 800x600 resolution (R ef CQ 00144244) M rSID im age is now refreshed after dialog window is closed on W indows M obile. (Ref CQ OO 1 0633 N o longer a problem opening M rSID image on Chinese storage card. (Ref CQ 00251182) Adding a M rSID image stored in folder w ith accents no longer gives error. (Ref CQ OO 1 95580) PNG Files are no longer clipped and do not go black when zoom ing. (Ref CQ00234449) PN G image transparency for 8-bit im ages now works. (Ref CQ 00230619) HTTP URLs are now resolved w ith ArcPad on W indows XP OS. (Ref CQ00251751) Geography N etwork button no longer fails on W indow s XP. (Ref CQ 00163088) N ew Shapefile no longer allow s invalid :fieldnam es. (R ef CQ00226631) Island polygons correctly rendered on W indow s M obile devices. (R ef C QOO 166041) A rcPad now recognizes 'Longitude _ O f_ O rigin' param eter in .PRJ. (Ref C QOO 165816) The A dd Internet Server dialog box sizes correctly (R ef CQ 00276753) Correct DATUM name written out in PRJ file w hen W GS84 datum used. (Ref CQ00226303) Scale _ Factor param eter is now support for Lam bert Conform al C onic projection (Ref CQ OO 187920 1 bit greyscale PNG images no longer appear as black. (Ref CQ00276970) A rcPad now recognizes projection of specific M rSID im ages, shift no longer occurs. (R ef

CQ00279187) Can now read custom (non ESRI standard) projections from AU X file. (Ref CQ 00277707) N ew Shapefile no longer allow s invalid :fieldnam es. (R ef CQ00226631)

ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe

Custominltion M uhiline property for ED IT now provides autom atic w ord-w rap. (Ref CQ 00145518) R equired= ''true'' attribute now w orks for RA DIO BU TTON. (R ef C Q00213432) (TooIbar.V isible = True) no longer alw ays returns False. (R ef CQ0024398 4) GPS.Properties(''UTC ') now works w ith TSIP. (Ref CQ 00163577) L ayer.FilePath no longer null- term inated string. (R ef CQ00243 764) System objects events are now fired. (Ref CQ 00185145) The APX fontstyle="" now has correct values for elem ent children (Ref CQ 00279579) File::W riteL ine now supports U nicode characters. (R ef CQ00278 175) PointD istanceTo no longer returns O . (R ef C Q00278043) Point object coordinates for x, yand Z are now consistent. (R ef CQ 00277994) A UX .InBuffurC Olm t can now be cleared. (R ef C Q00200862) File object ReadX XX IW riteX XX binary m ethods fixed. (R ef C Q00274140) TextSym bolSize is no longer offby a factor of10. (Ref CQ 00193800) Seam less reconnection to IN ET connection after tim e-out. (R ef CQ0022 5092 ) The File EOFlReadL ine now works. (Ref CQ00280699) The Clone method no longer crashes ArcPad for L ine and Polygon shapes. (Ref CQ 00231549) The R ecordSet.Find w ith Envelope argum ent no longer crashes A P w hen spatial index is present. (R e

CQ00213445) C om boboxes for num eric fields no longer lose their values w hen list value ends in zero (0) on right sid

of decim al (R ef CQ0023718 8) M inIM ax values are now honored for unbound controls. (R ef C Q00278753)



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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMe Unbound comboboxes with lim ittolist= "fulse " n o lon ger lo se th eir v alu e when th e p ag e lo ses fo cu s. (R e

CQ00185716) Toolbutton tool now added to top of menu. (Ref CQ00252936) Toolbuttons with the sam e nam e on different toolbars no longer get m ixed up. (R ef CQ00188076) The SIM PLERENDERER, parser="" attribute has been changed to language="". (Ref CQ 00279565) COM PO RT parity settings correctly set in arcpadprefs.apx, (Ref CQ 00187989) RecordSet.FindN earestXY no longer crashes AP ifo ptio nal E nv elo pe arg um ent is left o ut with

p ro je cted lin e lay ers. (R ef CQ00 267 53 3) RecordSet.Pack nlo longer locks recordset until lay er is u ned ita ble an d ed itab le a ga in . (R efCQ00210924)

H itting 0K/Cancel on an Edit F onn no longer hangs ArcPad when M sgBox displayed. (RefCQ00238844)

C alling E xecuteC onnnand with m odedrawXXX commands correctly prom otes tool (RefCQ00241322)

DocumentationThe A rcPad 7.0.1 setup.exe includes PD F files of all the A rcPad 7 docum entation The docum entation isinstalled into the H elp subfulder under the A rcPad 7 installation folder, This documenta tion i nc lude s:

Installing ArcPad 7.0 (ArcPad _ Instal lGuide.pdf) Using ArcPad (ArcPad_UserGuide.pdf) ArcPad Reference Guide (ArcPad_RefGuide.pdf) ArcPad Quick Reference (ArcPad_QuickRefpdf)

A ll docum entation is available in Portable D ocum ent F orm at (PD F) and requires A crobat R eader fur view ing.Y ou can obtain Acrobat Reader from Adobe's home page at ht1p://www.adobe.com/,

Known IssuesT he follow in g a re k nown issu es with the A rcPad 7 .0.1 release:

ArcPad 7.0.1 does not support JPEG 2000 images created by ER Mapper, or ER Mapper ECW JPE2000 Compre ss or.W orkaround: U se softw are such as G eoExpress by L izardTech to convert im ages to JPEG 2000 furm

Large toolbar buttons do not display correctly on W indows CE 4.20.W orkaround: do not use 1 arge toolbar buttons.

Some label font sizes are not applied. The cause of this issue is that not all fonts support all font sizes.O nly sizes w hich are supported by the selected font are applied.W o rk aro und : S ele ct a d ifferen t fo nt size .

Taking a photo with the camera tool on a W indows M obile device may result in an error. The cause othe error is m ost likely due to insufficient free m em ory to store the photo im age : f i l e . As a resuh, the

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2012.01.14. ArcPad7.0.1 ReadMecamera module in ArcPad 7.0 on the lIP iPAQ hw6515 on1y supports resolutions of640 x480; 320240 and 160 x 120.W ork aro und : R edu ce th e resolu tio n fur th e o utp ut im ag e file in the cam era too l settin gs.

The A V ICam era m odule (on the PC version of ArcPad) is currently lim ited to supporting cam eras thasu pp ort RGB comp ressio n Th is is the case fur m ost m odem cam eras, but not older cam eras such asIBM UhraPort cam era. The IBM U hraPort cam era uses Y UV com pression, and not RG B com pressioW orkaround: U se the cam era independently of A rc P ad, and use the Pictures page, of the FeatureP ro perties dialog b ox, to asso ciate th e p hoto im ag e file with the fea ture. Ithas been reported that high re so lu tio n p ho to s (e.g . 2 m eg ap ix els an d ab ov e) m ay n ot d isp 1ay co rrectin A rcP ad on som e W indow s M obile devices. T hey m ay disp1ay incorrectly or show an "out of m em oerror m essage. A lso, the rotate photos in A rcPad on som e W indow s M obile devices m ay also show a"out of m em ory" error. T o avoid the problem use low er resolution photos or to consider ahem ate m eaof rotating your photo (e.g. rotate the photos after they've been transferred onto your P C). A f i x . isp lann ed for a fu tu re release o f A rcP ad .

LizardTech Proprietary RightsM rSID , M rSID D ecom pressor, and the M rSID logo are tradem arks ofL izardT ech, Inc., used with permissioP ortio ns o f this computer p ro gram are co py rig ht 1 99 5-2 004 L izard Tech, Inc. A ll righ ts reserv ed . M rS ID iprotected byU .S. Patent N o. 5,710,835. F oreign Patents Pending.


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