Symbology

The Symbology tab is used to view the symbology defined in the ArcPad layer file. The symbology in the ArcPad layer file is created in ArcGIS® Desktop using the ArcPad Data Manager for ArcGIS. ArcPad assigns random symbology for the layer if there is no symbology defined in the ArcPad layer file.

Symbol

Displays the symbols defined for the layer in the ArcPad layer file (.apl). The symbol can be changed by tapping the symbol to open the Symbol Properties dialog box and choosing a new symbol.

The Save button saves the changes to the ArcPad layer file (.apl), not to the shapefile or ArcPad AXF data files. Changes are also reflected on the Legend tab of the Table of Contents dialog box.

Value

When checked, the symbol shown is used to display features with the corresponding attribute values. When unchecked, no symbol is displayed for features with the corresponding attribute value.

The Value text can be edited by tapping the Value field.

The Save button saves the changes to the ArcPad layer file (.apl), not to the shapefile or ArcPad AXF data files. Changes are also reflected on the Legend tab of the Table of Contents dialog box.

The default is checked for all values.

Label

Displays the symbol labels defined for the layer in the ArcPad Layer file (.apl). The Label text can be edited by tapping the Label field.

The Save button saves the changes to the ArcPad layer file (.apl), not to the shapefile or ArcPad AXF data files. Changes are also reflected on the Legend tab of the Table of Contents dialog box.

Add new legend category

Tap the button to add a new category to the bottom of the legend. Each new category consists of a symbol, value, and label.

Delete legend category

Tap the button to delete the selected legend category.