OpenGate Software Launches Product to Help Design Microsoft® Access Databases

Jan. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- OpenGate Software, provider of Microsoft Access application tools, announced today the launch of Designer for Microsoft Access, which allows users to design their Access database tables in plain-language.  Designer prompts users to answer a series of questions related to what they want their database to manage, and then automates the task of creating a well-structured, normalized relational Access database.

Millions of businesses have licensed Microsoft Access, yet new users encounter significant challenge learning the underlying principles of relational database design.  Consequently, users invest significant time and money taking courses, performing online research, and reading books related to Access database design.  Designer for Microsoft Access is a new tool that assists users with the difficult elements of database design, such as understanding normalization, primary and foreign keys, constraints, relationships, lookup fields, input masks, and field display formats.  Using plain-language, Designer prompts users to indicate what they want to track with their Access database.  Designer then creates a well-structured, normalized Microsoft Database.

Designer includes video tutorials for additional help, validation checks to help users avoid common database design mistakes, and numerous templates that allow users to build databases to their needs in shorter time.

Designer for Microsoft Access is now available to evaluate free of charge at OpenGate Software' website:   http://www.opengatesw.net

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OpenGate Software specializes in developing and marketing Microsoft Access applications to global businesses. More than 1,000 organizations worldwide have selected OpenGate products to improve their productivity and create reliable business applications. OpenGate's other popular products include UI Builder(tm) for Microsoft Access and Dashboard Builder(tm) for Microsoft Access.