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Oct
19
Backup QuickPick for Bento
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In response to a comment in the Multiple Library Collections post I’m pleased to say that I’ve created a QuickPick for Apple’s Backup application which will backup any bentodb files you have in your user’s Library/Application Support/Bento folder as well as the Bento preferences file.
To use, simply download the QuickPick, unzip the file and then place the unzipped file into either the /Library/Application Support/Backup/QuickPicks/ folder or the ~/Library/Application Support/Backup/QuickPicks/ folder.
The file can be downloaded from here.
Apr
30
An Introduction to Databases
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Bento is essentially a flat-file database application although it does contain some basic relational functionality despite great efforts having been made to hiding the inner complexities from the user.
If the above sentence has left you scratching your head then you need to read this article because it will explain what a database is, what a flat-file database is and what relational functionality is.
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Apr
29
Fields, Records, Tables & Forms
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If you are new to databases then the whole area of fields, records, tables and forms in Bento Libraries may be somewhat confusing, especially understanding how forms relate to fields and records. The short video, below, will hopefully help to visually explain this. Read more
Apr
27
Fixing CSV Exports
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As of Bento 1.0v2, it appears that when you export data the CSV file may not be properly formed if any of your fields contain one or more double-quotes. The CSV file format allows for each field to be surrounded by double-quotes and to avoid confusion with these, any double-quotes which appear in a field are doubled-up. In Bento’s case, the issue seems to be that for each double-quote in the field, the closing double-quote is moved one character to the left.
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Apr
3
The Bento User Guide
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The Bento User Guide is available from within Bento via the Help menu as a PDF document. As of version 1.0v2 of Bento it is 100 pages long and, although I would not suggest reading it from cover to cover, it is worth skimming through it to familiarise yourself with it as it contains a lot of useful information and tips which you may otherwise miss.
Unfortunately there is no printed version available, even in the boxed version. If you want to print your own version but would like to reduce the paper usage, remember that you can always go to the ‘Layout’ print settings and change the number of pages per sheet and two pages per sheet is still readable as long as you have reasonable eyesight or glasses.