The Family Database 2009 stores your family’s information (or business info).

Pros: This application is essentially a database interface built on top of SQLServer Express. It lets you enter and manage a range of details about people. The package is positioned to be a database of contacts of people known to your family members. However it obviously can be used as a contacts database for your business contacts equally well. The details include besides name and address other details such as birthdays and e-mail addresses as well. The data-grid view provides a consolidated view of the database. You could traverse it, after selecting the table via mouse click, with the arrow keys or the tab key. A search functionality can search out a record in the database quite easily based on data in any one field. You get a view of the records found after the search. To get back to the regular view one has to refresh the display specifically. For entering the details for any contact one moves to the forms view which has text fields for every bit of data the package can store. Edit existing records through the same view too. Calendar view shows all the birthdays coming up in a consolidated view. The last tab enables generation of license key on registration.

Cons: Multiple fields for telephone numbers to include mobile/cell numbers and fax numbers also are required. Without this it’ll be difficult to use this application as a business contacts diary. Similarly one would expect reminders/alarms about the birthdays to be truly useful.

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