Bento migration and TapForms backup files

[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.

[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

[Brendan]

Oh, also Tap Forms has an Export Records function which can make a CSV or XLSX file that you can import into other apps. So you’re not locked in to Tap Forms if you decide to switch to something else down the road. But I don’t think you’ll need to do that :)

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