AAIA Vehicle Tables

In order to translate the id numbers contained in an ACES xml file, AceViewer must use the AAIA Vehicle and Product Category databases (VCdb and PCdb). These are available only through a subscription with AAIA.

AceViewer requires the Microsoft Access (.mdb or .accdb) versions of the vehicle tables. Store these on your local hard drive for best performance. It can be helpful to keep multiple versions on hand so you can match the ACES file to the version of the tables that was used to create it.

When you first run the program, you’ll need to open both a VCdb and a PCdb database from the File menu. The program remembers these file paths and uses them in future sessions. You can change them whenever you get new versions from AAIA. The version dates of the connected databases are shown in the status bar at the bottom of the main screen.

If an id code is not found in the database, AceViewer surrounds it with angle brackets (for example, <345>). This usually means you’ve opened an ACES file that was built against a newer database than the one currently connected.