MDB Viewer Plus

MDB Viewer Plus is a small, yet highly reliable utility designed to open and manipulate Access files. By providing such simple means to view, edit and search MDB and Accdb database records, it’s an easy alternative to Microsoft Access.

The market is saturated with database viewers and managers and one popular choice is Microsoft Access. The latter is aimed at software architects that are involved in developing applications based on large and complex datasets. While there is no arguing in the fact that it provides a comprehensive architecture in this respect, Microsoft does not provide a free tool for viewing the databases.

MDB Viewer Plus compensates this need and offers a very simple way to view databases created with Microsoft Access. Please note that it is not a replacement for Access, but an alternative to view MDB files without installing or purchasing Microsoft’s product.

MDB Viewer Plus is a portable application, which means you can carry it on a removable drive and run it from there without affecting the system registry. Even though Microsoft Access is not a requirement, the app relies on the Data Access Component (MDAC) in order to successfully be launched and perform tasks.

The interface is simple, yet very well organized, with all of its functions encased in a few menus that are easy to navigate through. The list of features includes possibilities to edit, search and sort database contents, as well as to create new databases and add, insert or remove tables.

MDB Viewer Plus is able to generate SQL query statements and to set or change existing database passwords. The files can be exported to various formats, including TXT, HTML, XMLL, DBF, PDF, RTF, CSV, etc.

As a conclusion, MDB Viewer Plus makes the perfect choice if you require an application to handle existing Access databases. It’s true that you can create databases as well, but you cannot expect it to perform jobs such as database analysis and maintenance.