Common Questions

ArcPad Studio is the desktop customization application included with ArcPad Application Builder. All customization for ArcPad is performed on the desktop, primarily using ArcPad Studio, and deployed with ArcPad on the mobile device. ArcPad Application Builder gives users the tools to customize ArcPad but is not required to utilize a customized version of ArcPad.

One year of maintenance is included in the price of ArcPad Application Builder. Additional maintenance can be purchased for successive years. Software maintenance for ArcPad Application Builder combines technical support services along with software upgrades.

The customization files (applets, extensions, default configurations, and layer definition files) can be deployed to any ArcPad user. No special ArcPad run time is required. Simply copy the customization files to the appropriate folders on the end user's device. More advanced installations can be created if necessary.

ArcPad Application Builder includes one copy of ArcPad for testing purposes. ArcPad will run on either a desktop PC or on Pocket PC or Windows CE devices.

ArcScripts has numerous templates and scripts that have been created for ArcPad. These range from adding functionality to streamlining processes.