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[Brendan]

Hi Bonni,

Thanks for your interest in Tap Forms. Well, the difference between FileMaker and me is they’re a big company who had two products and they wanted to just focus on the one product. I am a one-person company with one product. I spend all my time working on and supporting Tap Forms. It’s my only source of income, so it would not be wise of me to just abandon it. But that’s not the only reason why I keep working on it. I truly do love working on Tap Forms and making it better. It’s not only a career, but it’s my passion and hobby too. So basically I work on it nearly every moment that I’m awake. Unless an asteroid hits my house, I’m not going anywhere and I’ll keep working on Tap Forms for decades to come :) I’ve already been working on it for 10 years this September. If that’s not dedication, then I don’t know what is :)

Anyway, if you have a .bentodb file that you need to get access to, you could send it to me and I can open it up with my copy of Bento and see if it’s possible to get anything from it.

As for the .bentoTemplate file, you can import those into Tap Forms easily using the Import Bento Template command in the File menu on the Mac version.

I’m not sure what you were referring to with the “Connect Database” command though. I don’t have that in Tap Forms.

Thanks!

Brendan

[Bonni Reid]

I tried leaving a comment under “Exporting Photos from Bento” but it wouldn’t let me so I’m trying here.

I know it was an old post but I don’t think the process you mentioned works the same anymore. I’m not given any of the options like: “Connect Database” for instance. I guess I’ll never know what was on some of those old .bentodb files because Bento 4 won’t open them either!

I think TapForms might be a way to go but truthfully, I’m kinda gun shy after being a Bento user for so long only to have Filemaker ditch us. Are your backup files recognizable in other programs so I don’t go through this again if you decide to close shop?

I DO have a Bento template and half-assed excel sheet of my painting archive, sales ect. at least. I would be nice to have it in working order again.

[Mark Kristan]

I’m not sure if I should have selected to make it a template from the get go but I have a pretty big form I created (22 fields), I am trying to figure out how to use it, in probably slightly modified form, as my circumstance changes (I’m not a db power user but I’m pretty sure I am talking about creating a template). I had a similar form on Bento, I will eventually want to bring all those files over but for now I am learning this program and created a brand new form in Tap Forms. I think part of my problem may be how I open this form – it does not appear in the list of forms at startup, only “Sample Forms” and the folder called “Samples International” is in that list. I created this form/data base on a mid-2010 MBP, this involves sharing limitations (cannot use Airdrop, not that I think that matters in this case). After creating in on the book, it showed up in the list of entities on the list when I would start the program (along with “Sample Forms” and “Samples International). I wanted it to also reside on my (new) iMac, the only way I could see to do this with a custom db was to use the Export Tap Form Archive from the file menu, then once it was exported to my Documents folder on my MBP, I proceeded to copy it to the same folder on my iMac over my home network. Now I am able to use this form on either machine, I think I know how to sync info between them as well, but the problem is this form does not appear in the list when I open the program, on either machine (never did on the iMac), what I have to do is go into Documents and double click on it (or from within Tap Forms, go File/Open or Open Recent); if this was my only problem, that I had to get there in a kinda round about way, this would not be a big issue, but I am not sure this isn’t causing other problems. Let’s call the db that the form I created on the MBP resides in “Rips”, within Rips there is one set of records, let’s call that ABC Company (these are details of trips I do for various motor carriers). When I open the db Rips, in there, in the L pane, there is one entity, ABC Company, with the eleven records I added to it; now, as I am no longer with ABC Company, I want to create another entity for the new motor carrier, let’s call it DEF Company. I want the same fields, the same calculations, everything I had with the entries with ABC Company (I would probably make a minor tweak or three), when I click on DEF Company the click on the “+” to add a new record, I want to see the same fields I had with ABC Company. I’m pretty sure I need to make that from the template for this database, what I’m finding from the help menu in the program is to select the document, then choose File/Get Info (never tried pressilng Command-I as it states as an alternative, but the result should be exactly the same); it then goes on to say to select “Stationery Pad” under General, problem is this is greyed out on both machines. Do I need to figure out how to get that document from my main Documents folder into a different place on my hard drive? (I asked about where work created in Tap Forms is stored in an e-mail to support, but haven’t heard back – why I highlight a different document, such as “Sample Forms” or a template I downloaded, go Get Info and try to follow that path, it does not work). How can I make that form a template for every document (entity in the L pane, such as DEF Company) that I create in this database?

[Brendan]

Hi Helen,

If you email me your Bento backup file I can convert it to .bentoTemplate files for you which you can import into Tap Forms.

Tap Forms 5 however has a more advanced Bento importer that supports more of the field types from Bento, such as the Simple List field type, which is not supported in Tap Forms 3.5.

Thanks,

Brendan

[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