Future Customization Will Be _____.

[KyleCollins]

Look into the future with me and tell me what the best language will be for customizing ArcPad 10+.

Since 2002 we have been using ArcPad and customizing the functionality with VBScrips for our field data collection team.

Next spring we will be moving to ArcPad 10.x and trying to migrate from 8.

Will we still be talking VBS again or should we be thinking Python or even something else? 

Are there any compatibility limitations for the scripts that we are currently using in 8?

[TimHopper]

I'll throw out my 2-cents regarding this question:

Starting at ArcPad 10 SP3 python will be supported as a scripting language in ArcPad.  HOWEVER, there isn't (at this time anyhow) an official release of python which will run on a device with a Windows Mobile OS.  So, for the foreseeable future, python in ArcPad will only be relevant on a machine running a desktop OS.

VBscript and Jscript have been, and will be, supported on Windows Mobile devices for the long haul.

You shouldn't run into any compatibility issues between versions 8 and 10.  My suggestion is that if you've been using vbscript in the past, stick with it.