Viv uses an up-to-date version of Norton Security Delux, regularly checks his computer and can guarantee that his database files have neither viruses nor malicious code. Here is more information about my Database programs:
Vocabulary database information page
Back of Notebook database information page
The two files below are designed to run on any computer with the Windows operating system (sorry Apple users, these programs don't run on this system)
The programs need a current version of the Microsoft Access Database program
Click on the links below to
download the files to your desktop.
You can download your free copy of Viv's Vocabulary and Back of Notebook databases here. The files are compressed (Zip) files.
Viv's Vocabulary Database ver 4-00.zip
(178kb)
Viv's BON Database ver 3-60.zip
(198kb)
Google Chrome may stop the download with a warning at the bottom of the screen that the file is not commonly downloaded and ask you if you want to discard or keep the file. All instructions on how to use the programs are built into the help files and there are also program specific help files at the link at the top of this page. Here are the help files which should be in the same folder as your databases. Help file for Viv's
BON Database version 4.00 - General English Help file for Viv's
Vocabulary Database version 4.00 - General English After downloading the help files, you will have to unblock them, by right-clicking the file, selecting 'Properties' and checking 'Unblock' near the bottom of the window. Then select 'Ok'. If you download and use these programs, please leave a message in Viv's guest
book letting him know (link on my home page). Any comments about these programs would be welcome.
Unfortunately, it would be too expensive for me to pay for the
security certificate necessary to remove these pesky warnings, so if you want to use these programs, which I spent hundreds of hours perfecting, you can either trust me or.....
Create New folder on your desktop called 'English Databases'
Click once on the blue link and select 'Save file as..' (Internet Explorer)
or select your database folder and save the file here (Chrome).
Select 'Open folder' (Internet Explorer) or click on the arrow next to your file at the bottom of the screen and select 'Open folder' (Chrome).
Right click the file and select 'Properties' and at the bottom of this menu select 'unblock', then 'Apply' and 'Ok'.
Right click the file and select 'Extract All' and 'Extract'.
Open Microsoft Access (click on the Windows search bar and type 'Access' to locate this program).
Click once on 'Options' on the bottom left.
Click once on 'Trust Center' on the bottom left.
Click on 'Trust Center settings' on the right.
Click on 'Trusted locations' on the left, near the top.
Select 'Add new location' near the bottom of the page.
Click on 'Browse' and select your 'English Databases' folder on your Desktop.
Check the box 'Subfolders of this location are also trusted', and 'Ok' three times, then close Microsoft Access.
Download the database help file to the same folder as your database.
You can now double click on your unzipped database folder and again on the database file.
Type the version of your first name you would like the computer to use and start adding and testing words and expressions.
Press F1 for help on any of the pages.