Thanks for the responses! Sorry for the delay.
So I've been putting things together for this app. slowly. Have figured some things out...others still remain mysterious.
Yes, I can create a personal GDB and then check in / check out to and from arcpad. Then also link into the GDB with MS Access.
I have also got related tables working so that I can link into the GDB and grab only the attributes and not the spatial feature. Not sure if this is required but I thought I read somewhere about editing tables in Access causing corrupted GDBs.
I suppose what I need to do now is figure out how to create a custom toolbar for the GPS that will allow the field users to add point features to the GDB that will be checked in / checked out.
Also, is it possible to create a button that you would access within the GPS custom toolbar that would automatically do the whole check in / check out?
This must be the most common ArcPad app development scenario. Is there an example out there with all the code, scripts, etc done?
Thanks again! Joel.