DroidDB FAQ
All The Forms You Need
All the Control You Want
You can create an unlimited number of custom mobile forms for the applications you build with DroidDB. As you proceed, you have complete control of their design. And you have an extraordinary selection of calculations and command modules that you can build into them by just dragging and dropping.
The DroidDB Sampler is a free set of pre-built forms that will give you an idea of how it all works. Click here to download yours.
DroidDB® Frequently Asked Questions
DroidDB software allows you to build custom mobile database applications for Android devices.
Note: You can find additional helpful information in our "Tip of the Month Archive."
The most commonly asked question:
D1) Pre-sales questions:
- D1-a) Other than DroidDB, what do I need to create a form?
- D1-b) I'm not a programmer, will I be able to use DroidDB?
- D1-c) What versions of Android does DroidDB work with?
- D1-d) What's the difference between Standard and Business Editions?
- D1-e) How can I upgrade from Standard Edition to Business Edition?
- D1-f) Does DroidDB support color?
- D1-g) Do you provide evaluation copies?
- D1-h) Is there a Macro Programming capability?
- D1-i) Where do you design forms?
- D1-j) Where do forms run?
- D1-k) What are DroidDB’s relational capabilities?
- D1-l) Why is the DroidDB Runtime End-User License so much more expensive on the Android Marketplace (Google play)?
D2) Installation questions:
D3) Downloading and synchronization questions:
- D3-a) I just downloaded data from Access, but I can't find it on the Android device. Where is it?
- D3-b) Can DroidDB synchronize with a Microsoft Access database? What other types of databases can DroidDB synchronize to?
- D3-c) I downloaded a table and now I get the error, "Tables not compatible for synchronization" when I try to synchronize. Why?
- D3-d) When I synchronize I want to move the records from the Android device to the desktop and then remove them from the handheld. How do I do this?
- D3-e) When I synchronize, Microsoft Access gives me the message, "Field can't be a zero-length string". How do I fix this?
- D3-f) Do I have to do anything special to synchronize with SQL Server?
- D3-g) When I try to synchronize, I get a message that says, "Field cannot be updated" or "You tried to assign the Null value to a variable that isn't a VARIANT datatype". What is this and how can I fix the problem?
- D3-h) Is there anything I can do to make synchronization faster?
- D3-i) When I use FILE | DOWNLOAD to download data from an Excel spreadsheet, why is the list of tables empty?
- D3-j) I get the error "You do not have the necessary permissions to use the <<.mdb file>> object. Have your system administrator or the person who created this object establish the appropriate permissions for you." when I try to synchronize to an Access database (.MDB file). Why?
- D3-k) When using Excel files, why do I see the error "[Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver]Operation must use an updateable query."?
D4) Usage questions:
- D4-a) How do I delete a table from my Android device?
- D4-b) How do I delete a form from my Android device?
- D4-c) How do I delete an application?
- D4-d) When Jumping to another form and creating a new record, is there any way to carry more than just the key value to the new record?
- D4-e) When I'm editing a macro, the macro editor window is too large for my screen. Is there a way to make it smaller?
D5) Business Edition questions:
Top rated! I needed a solid database application development tool for mobile devices. I chose DroidDB for Android OS because it provided a way to get a strong product to market quickly. DroidDB is relational, gives me control over form layout, handles macros, and supports events. It works on all Android versions I have tried and is a great companion product to SYWARE’s VisualCE.
Mark Read, President
SyntegraTech, Inc.
