Electronic Design and Family Site
A "Life Database"
NEW! Version 4.0.0 - No more duplicate entries in search results!!
While out hiking a few years ago, I thought about how I would have tried to find some information I had recently sought. I have a huge variety of information spread over a wide range of software formats. Finding a summary of what happened on a particular day, or a particular topic would take several different searches in several different places and not produce one overall summary. Thus, the "Life Database" was born!
My criteria:
-No proprietary data formats. Readable by any text reader
-Able to store meta-data as well as simple text entries. I store Statistics too.
-Modules for a variety of categories
-Able to output to a chartable format. For the data.
-Quick data intake. No more than 2 mouse-clicks to input data.
My first attempt
1 category, each function on its own tab
Next Version. Quick Intake form. 1 Mouse-click to start inputting data.
Input your data, hit OK, voila!
The Main Form
Complex Search
List Editor
Color Scheme Picker
Download Life Database Here
It consists of a .ZIP file that contains 4 files: Life Database. exe, Life Database.xml, Life Database Help.pdf, and database.ini
Extract the contents to a folder and run Life Database.exe. Load your data, and enjoy!
**As always, I am not a professional programmer. You use this program at your own peril. If you experience system issues or data loss...sorry, I warned you! I will not be held responsible any losses you incur from using this software.