It’s a 1.0 release and it shows.

It’s a bit rough, but it has potential. I can do basic opening of existing MDB file (and presumably ACCDB files but I haven’t tried). I can create a new MDB file, and define new tables. I can enter data. I can search on that data.

My issues with the app, however, range from minor things like — the “New Database” button, should really just be accessed through the “File->New” menu (and the File->New menu item shoudn’t be greyed out), to important features being missing, like the ability to CHANGE a table definition after it’s been created (to be able to create a new table, but then not change it is a real pain!). And then, some features are just clunky. The CSV data import features works, but is hard to use (please just make it work like like Excel’s CSV import).

Some features I personally don’t find very valuable, like the MapView and HTMLView and WebServe. I don’t happen to need those features. My data doesn’t have geographic coordinates, and I don’t need to publish my data to the web, though I understand other people’s needs may differ.

If I were the developer, I would focus on shoring up the data entry, data import, and database management aspects of the application, as well as the overall usability of the existing features of the app, before adding more data visualization features. I can export the data to Excel and create pretty charts and graphs. I dont, however, have many alternatives to reading and editing ACCDB/MDB data files or relational data in general.

I. S. A. about Database Pro