Camera

The Camera tab is used to choose the camera used by ArcPad, as well as to specify the file name and settings to use when capturing pictures.

Select the camera

Choose the camera to be used by ArcPad.

The chosen camera and camera settings are used in the following places:

• The Camera tools in the QuickCapture toolbar
• The Camera tool on the Picture tab of the Feature Properties dialog box

Only cameras that are supported on the device are listed in the Camera drop-down list.

By default, the ArcPad Camera is selected. ArcPad extensions can be built to support specific types of cameras.

Note:

The ArcPad Sketch extension is an example of a camera extension. Selecting ArcPad Sketch from the Camera drop-down list means that when you tap the Camera tool in ArcPad, the drawing window invokes in place of the photo capture page. Alternatively, you can integrate the Sketch extension into your edit form to annotate photos that are linked to features, or to sketch directly onto your form. For more information on using the Sketch extension this way, refer to the customization help.

Picture quality

Use the slider to specify the picture quality for the photo (JPEG) image file. The range of the picture quality is from 50 percent to 100 percent. The default is 75 percent.

Default pictures path

Tap to specify the default folder for saving stand-alone photos, that is, photos that are taken using the stand-alone camera tool on the QuickCapture toolbar. Photos taken using the Camera tool on the Pictures tab of the Feature Properties dialog box are automatically saved in the same folder as the associated shapefile or AXF.

The default is \My Documents\My Pictures folder.

File name prefix

Enter the prefix to use for the file name of the photo captured with the Camera tool on the QuickCapture toolbar.

The file names for photos captured with the Camera tool on the Picture tab of the Feature Properties dialog box use the selected field name for the prefix.

The default prefix is Photo.

Note:

If your feature class does not contain a text field that can be selected to store the photo name (and therefore, provide the prefix for the file), the file name prefix defined on this options dialog box, is used to prefix the file name.

Button

Choose the button (on Windows Mobile and Windows CE devices) or function key (on PCs) to use as a shortcut for starting the stand-alone Camera tool. The correct button or function key is specific for each device.

The default is blank.

Date and time in file name

When checked, the file name for any photo taken consists of the date and time added to the prefix (for stand-alone photos) or field name (for photos associated with a feature), using the following conventions: Prefix_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg FIELDNAME_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg.

When unchecked, the file name for the photo is Prefix_nnnn.jpg or FIELDNAME_nnnn.jpg, where nnnn is a sequential unique number.

The default is unchecked.