This may be a bit of a junkie way of going about it, but its how I finally got some maps going on a HP iPAQ 212 mobile device using ArcGIS Mobile from the desktop
On the Desktop:
- Set up your datasets in a File Geodatabase and enable GUI's on the datasets you plan to edit (you only need GUI's on the datasets you are editing as they are used for the edit checking process)
- Create your ArcMap document (.mxd) with the symbols you want to use (keep it simple, especially with labelling)
- Using the "Create Mobile Map" tool under "Mobile Tools" in ArcToolbox, create a "MobileCache" (a directory containing all of the spatial data in a compressed format)
- Set up your "Mobile Project" using the "Mobile Project Center" and save the project file (.wmpk)
- Using Microsofts Activesync, transfer the project file to the Mobile Device (try and put it onto the main memory under "My Documents" > "ArcGIS Mobile")
On the Mobile Device:
- Doubleclick on the project file (this should launch ArcGIS mobile on the device, as long as it's installed of course, and start loading the project)
- If an option on where to store
- The loading SHOULD fail with a cannot access MobileCache error, however it should create the folders required for the project including an empty MobileCache directory
-Exit ArcGIS Mobile
On the Desktop:
- Copy and replace the MobileCache on the mobile device with the MapCache created from the .mxd
On the Mobile Device:
- Re-Launch ArcGIS Mobile, it should now open the project correctly with the data as supplied in the MobileCache
As I said this is a junkie way of doing it, but hopefully it helps,
Jules