Preview of DeltaAccess -
an SQL interface to Delta, implemented in Microsoft Access

Before you decide to download this large database application you may want to look at some screenshots. Be sure to also visit the new HTML form preview!

The main form is called DeltaAccess and has 4 panels which are switched using the radio buttons on the right side.

The first panel is used to import existing Delta text files:

The 2nd panel can be used to create a new Delta project from scratch, or delete an existing one:

The 3rd panel allows to select several analysis queries (useful to find errors or inconsistencies in your data or to run some true analysis like cross-tabulation queries) and branches to the identification and editing forms. You can run these forms just as well from the Access database explorer.

The type or group of analysis queries is selected first. The following analysis groups are available:

• Analysis of Item relations
• Character analysis
• Character cross tabulation
• Character cross tabulation (numeric)
• Character state analysis
• Chart/graph reports
• Checking data
• Consistency checks if Referential Integrity failed
• Edit or view data
• Inapplicable characters
• Reorganize project
• Repair and maintenance
• Special character states
• Tabular reports
• Unused items/characters

The analysis queries in that group are selected. You can find list of available queries by following the links above. Look into the documentation fo the analysis section if you want to see previews of the analysis provided (esp. the checkbox report or the various charts/graphs).

The final panel allows you to export your Access Delta data into a standard Delta file

... or into a simple natural language description (this feature is not yet as sophisticated as the TONAT description produced by Confor, but it does use standard Windows formatting)

The characters and character states can be edited with the following form, which is created for each project you import:

Clicking on the -button opens a dialog to directly jump to other characters:

You can branch into item editing with the buttons to open all records with the current character or character state. The button 'Reorganize' branches to two special dialogs for characters and character states:

The item editing form looks like:

And finally, a multi-item editing mode allows to insert or delete character states in multiple selected item simultaneously. In the example below the state 4: soil, detritus of the character 6: substrate would be inserted into all items selected on the right hand side:

A short overview over the data model (see the Appendix, Datamodel in the documentation for more detailed information):

Please refer to the complete online user guide and documentation for more information!

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