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^® Full List of Features

DroidDB provides a wide array of functions for building mobile forms and relational databases on Android devices.

General Database & Forms Builder

• Support for Android devices, version 2.1 or greater
• Relational capabilities
• Royalty free distribution of forms and synchronize (Business Edition)
• Very small footprint
• Support for colors and custom colors
• Data resides on a flashcard
• Run forms on a handheld device
• Support for barcode scanning devices
• Support for regional settings
• Device-based text file import and export
• Ability to clear the database
• Report writer (Business Edition)

Form Design

• Multi-page capabilities utilizing tabs
• Labels, text, notes, check boxes, radio buttons, dropdown lists
• File selection on click
• Calculated fields
• Complete picture control allows storage of images within the created database
• Add images to buttons; arrange to form complex, navigable image maps
• Support for digital ink (scribble & signature)
• Application launch buttons
• Set button color
• Set buttonface image
• Dependent drop down lists
• Look-up Controls (to display data from an associated table)
• Sophisticated Grid Controls including sizable columns, column headers, and sorting
• On-screen number pad
• On-screen calendar
• Center aligning of controls (in addition to left and right)
• Left/center/right alignment on labels
• Cut and paste multiple controls
• Image controls connected to text fields and cameras
• Marquee select
• Textual listing of forms and macros

Desktop Connectivity / Data Transfer / Synchronization (Business Edition)

• Synchronize with any ODBC-enabled database, including Microsoft Access
• Synchronize multiple handhelds to the same desktop table
• Synchronize different tables to different databases
• Synchronization operator that copies data from handheld to desktop and deletes data from handheld
• Synchronization operator that publishes data to handheld
• Wireless synchronization over TCP/IP and Internet
• Handheld specific synchronizaion configurations
• Real-time wireless access to server data

Finding Data

• Filtering for one or more criteria
• Predefined and user-defined filters
• Up to four sort and search fields
• Search commands can do exact match searches
• Search commands do not have to prompt user from search value

Development Environment Features

• Events: set focus, lose focus, value changed, form start-up, record display, leaving record, select tab
• Wizard to create distribution disks (Business Edition)
• Macros can launch other macros
• Command to show/hide some other control
• Command to set focus to a particular control
• GPS support for all NMEA-compatible devices (parse and save values according to the NMEA standard)
• Drag-and-drop control creation
• Develop forms on a desktop computer
• Font selection (typeface, size, style)
• Macro programming allows execution of multiple commands in a specified order
• A macro editor, making it easy to create well-structured, well-documented macros
• Support for global variables
• Field and variable values allowed in messages
• Support for scalar functions (numeric functions, string functions, date and time functions, GPS functions, system functions, global variable function )
• Controls such as edit controls, radio buttons, command buttons, and jump buttons can be connected to variables
• Lookups, grids, and dropdown menu content can be keyed to variables
• Variables can be used in filter conditions
• Ability to load drop-down lists from tables
• Required fields
• Default responses
• Message boxes (yes/no or OK)
• Calculated expressions can check for the existence of a picture or signature
• An ASSIGN can clear a picture or signature
• String values can be used as expressions
• Calculate sum of values in grid / count records in grid
• Programmatic control of grids
• Utility to assign a name to a handheld
• Send and receive SMS text messages
• Launch third party apps
• Custom menu bars
• Timers
• Dial a phone
• Navigational dropdowns
• Play sounds
• Sleep
• Compass
• Toast

Pre-Built Interfaces

DroidDB ships with pre-built interfaces for numeric and date/time data entry.

DroidDB is a member of the SYWARE family of database and forms development software products, including Visual CE^®, the popular database development tools for Windows-mobile and Pocket PC handhelds.