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[helen]

Hi,
I’m testing out the trial version of tap forms (version 3, I have an old OS) and I’m wondering if I can import data from an old bento backup folder? I was using Bento for a long time after it was discontinued, but my laptop was stolen and I can’t run it anymore. It would be great if there was some way of rescuing the data.
Thanks!

[Brendan]

Hi Graham,

Thanks for trying out Tap Forms. There’s no restrictions in the trial version of Tap Forms. The only thing you needed to do was create a new document and have it opened in the foreground to enable the Import Bento Template command.

Thanks!

Brendan

[Graham Foxcroft]

I’m using the demo version of Tap Forms (3/5/20) and can’t import a Bento template. When I go to choose the template, the one I have exported from Bento is duimmed out.

Is this because I’m using the demo version?

Thanks

[Pat Cliffe]

I have been forced down the route of using Tap Forms (and learning very quickly) at a very late stage of running an event, due to out of date software problems. So I have transferred my Bento database to Tap forms on an imac, and I have one database with three layouts. I want to use one of the layouts on the ipad, as it contains only certain records, and then synch the databases later with the computer version. I can’t see the layouts on the ipad, only the whole database with all fields. Is there anything I am missing?

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[Brendan]

Hi Markus,

Maybe you imported your Bento database into the Finnish Sample Forms document? There’s a separate German Sample Forms document maybe you could import your Bento data into instead.

Do you get errors syncing? Does your second machine have a copy of that document you’re trying to sync? Check the “db-” values on the Sync Settings screen to make sure they’re identical on each device.

[Markus Jenni]

Hi Brendan

1. I use sample Forms document and there appears the mixture of finnish and german language. Weird eh?
2. I imported Bento into TapForms and i work now with that imported database/form in tapforms but it does not sync in icloud to my second machine…

Solution?

[Brendan]

Hi Markus,

You may be loading up the Finish Sample Forms document.

1. If you don’t want the Finish Sample Forms document, I would suggest going to the Database Documents window, then navigate into the Samples International folder and delete the Finish sample.

2. What sync service are you currently using for your Bento database import? You should use the Send Document function to send a copy of the document to your MacBook.

See this page in the documentation:

https://www.tapforms.com/help-mac/5/en/topic/sharing-with-another-device

[Markus Jenni]

Hi
I purchased tap forms because Bento has no more updates. I use Tapforms in iclouc sync mode. Two problems so far: 1. Form list on the left side has a mixture of languages in the titles (german and finnish). Where does the finnish come from?
2. I imported a Bento database, so far so good, but i only have it on the main machine, is not syncing on my notebook.

I am using MAC.

Please help. Thanks.
Markus

[John Wiggins]

Not sure if it is just my system, or something with database recently imported from Bento, but I see a reproducable display quirk when I do a Find commands and use the “All Forms” option. The symptom is that the contents of the match(es) are sometimes not displayed. I am running with latest Tap Forms 5 from Apple App Store 5.2.11 (Build 894) and using iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) running High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E202), also latest.

Enclosed video shows this minor display bug. If you cannot see the top with the search filed, the string “E.T.” is being entered (without the quotes).

Thanks,
John Wiggins

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[John Wiggins]

Hi Brendan,

Thanks for the prompt and detailed explanation. I put “encrypted” in quotes because it seemed a misnomer to me. (Did not realize the field was actually encrypted in Bento, assumed is was just being hidden.)

What we need is a way to obscure particular fields from screen and printouts, such as a password field. The database in question is already encrypted, and I was just asking for something to protect me from doing something stupid like printing out the info, or leaving it displayed on the screen. It is a minor thing that I could certainly live without if doing a “hide/display” of a field is difficult to implement without issues.

I do use your Auto-lock feature on Documents, and I must say it a pleasure to use such a well-engineered program. Tap Forms 5 is an improvement upon Bento, which has served me well for years.

[John Wiggins]

I am new customer, just finally imported my old Bento Databases and am very happy with my new purchase.
If it is not already on your enhancement list, it would be nice to have a feature like old Bento’s “encrypted” field with which you could toggle the display of field contents both on screen and in printout.

Thanks, John

[Gérald RYCKEBOER]

Hello Brendan, hello all,
User of Bento for years (and although still working, it won’t probably last ? and anyway no more improvements for long).
So I just started on TapForms ? ? ??
After having done some bases patterned on my Bentos ones, I would like to build a budget monitoring and so, would be able to get automatically the balance after each operation (or group of operations): as a simple example, within a form that tracks all the money ins and outs of a single bank account, each record being one single operation (in or out) ; and more tricky, between several forms, each for one bank account.
I think that would need to make calculations between records of the same form, or between forms … so is it possible, and eventually how ?

Sorry if it’s a dummy’s question … ? (and probably I don’t understand enough about the calculation field, but although having struggling with it, I still don’t figure how to manage, and even if possible …

thanks

[Erik]

Hi Brendan,

I was probably one of the last “Bentohicans” until a few months ago.
I have been looking for a good replacement for Bento for a long time.
I doubted about Filemaker but that seemed too much for me.
I often ended up at Tap Forms but remained hesitant mainly because it lacked one function, namely the syncronization with contacts. It was convenient that contact information you entered in Bento, automatically appeared in the contact app.
In the end I switched to Tap Forms and I still have no regrets. The link to contacts makes things good and Tapforms has many more functionalities that saves me time.
Notwithstanding it would be nice if this function could be added in the future.
What is also a feature request is whether it is possible that a link to a document could immediately open the document instead of the finder window. These are gratuitous actions; Click to open the window, click on the document in finder, click to close finder, …
Otherwise nothing but praise for your program.

Erik

[Brendan]

In Bento they were called Choice Fields.

If you imported from Bento, then Tap Forms would have converted the Choice Fields to be Text Fields with an attached Pick List.

On the multi-column list view, do you see a popup button you can click on to see a list of values? If so, then you have a Pick List assigned to those fields.

You’ll have to set the Pick List property on the field itself to be Unspecified in order to remove that. Then the auto-complete should work.

[Greg Lamont]

What is a Pick List ?
I used Bento and made the transfer over about 2 months ago, everything went smooth.
The only issue I have is the auto fill.

I am 75 and I just do basic computer stuff BUT I can follow directions fairly well, LLOL
Greg