About

Goals of the Site

Bento™ is a personal database application which was created by FileMaker, Inc. Preview versions were made available in mid-November 2007 with the official release of 1.0 being on January 8 2008.

The BentoUsers web site was created in March 2008 with three main aims:

  • To provide an easy to use reference library of frequently asked questions and their answers.
  • To provide tutorials and guides for getting the most out of Bento, using both the more basic features and exploring some of the more complex and advanced capabilities.
  • The show people how capable and flexible Bento can be and to provide some inspiration for users whilst ensuring that people are aware of the limitations and that Bento is not the solution for everything.

About the Author

BentoUsers was set up by Simon Wolf. For many years Simon was a Microsoft Access user and developer and he created and maintained the very popular Access All Areas web site until changes at work moved his focus to Visual Basic. The Access All Areas site was closed down but the forums were transferred to and flourish at UtterAccess.com.

For his day job Simon develops Windows software for the broadcasting industry. However he is a huge fan of the Mac platform and uses Macs at home and at work. Bento filled a gap in the core applications that he relies on and the fantastic community of users over in the official FileMaker forums hinted that there may be some use for a reference site for Bento and BentoUsers was born.

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