Replace a Microsoft Access database without coding

Describe the tables, forms and reports of your Access database, and Ningal writes a Windows program that does the same job. Export your tables from Access to Excel, import them into the new app, and nobody needs Access installed any more.

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Why people move away from Access

Many Access databases were built years ago by someone who is no longer around. They need Access on every computer, they get harder to change, and few people still know how they work.

What the replacement can do

This example replaces a typical customers and orders database:

  • Customers, products and orders with several lines, status and dates.
  • A form for each record, with searchable lists to pick a customer or a product.
  • Import each table from Excel or CSV, choosing which column goes to which field.
  • Sales reports by customer, product and month, as PDF and Excel.
  • Search, filters and sorting on every list, and shared use from a network folder.

Customers & Orders

Customers, products and orders with order lines, searchable forms, sales reports by customer, product and month in PDF and Excel, and Access tables imported through Excel.

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How to bring your data

  1. In Access, open each table and choose External Data > Export > Excel.
  2. Describe the new app with the same tables and fields, and ask for "Import from Excel".
  3. In the app, import each file and check the records against the original.

The app cannot open .accdb or .mdb files directly: the data moves through Excel.

How to make yours

  1. 1
    Create your free account

    Sign up with an email you can open now and confirm it from the email we send you. The free plan needs no card.

  2. 2
    Describe your app

    In your Dashboard, click Create New Application, give the app a name and describe in your own words what it should do.

  3. 3
    Generate it

    Click Generate Application. The AI writes the app, checks it and shows it in the preview, usually within one to a few minutes.

  4. 4
    Try it in the preview

    The finished app opens in the preview. Use it as you would the real one: click its buttons, fill in its forms, go through its screens.

  5. 5
    Ask for changes

    Under Modifications, describe what you want changed and click Apply Modification. The preview updates with the new version.

  6. 6
    Download it

    When you like it, click Download Windows or Download Linux at the top. Your app is prepared in a few seconds and the download starts by itself.

  7. 7
    Run it on your computer

    Extract the ZIP into any folder and double-click the app. There is nothing to install.

  8. 8
    Keep it up to date

    Change your app whenever you like. When the version you downloaded is behind, the editor and the Dashboard tell you to download it again.

Describe the same tables and fields your Access database has, the forms and reports people use every day, and ask the app to keep each record's Access ID so orders stay linked to their customers and products.

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Before you rely on it

  • It runs on Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and on Ubuntu 24.04 or later. It is not a website or a phone app.
  • Your data is kept in a database file inside the app's folder. Back up that folder regularly.
  • If you ask for shared use in the description, several people can work with it from a shared network folder. Do not put the app's folder in OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive, which can damage the database.
  • Try it with a copy of your data before you use it every day or share it with your team.

Questions

Can it open my .accdb file?

No. Export each table to Excel from Access and import it into the app.

Do I need Access or Office installed?

No, the app runs on its own.

Can I keep my forms and reports?

They are not copied: you describe them, and the app makes its own forms and reports that do the same.

Do I need to know how to program?

No. You describe what the app does in your own words, in any language, and Ningal writes and packages the program.

Can I change the app later?

Yes. Describe the change in the editor, download it again and copy the new files over the old ones in the app's folder. Your data is in that folder, so it stays.

How much does it cost?

The free plan is enough to build and download your first app. Paid plans give you more apps and more AI usage each month.

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