Overview

Get comfortable with the latest version of FileMaker Bento. Don’t just read about it: See it and hear it with step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered through the Free Web Edition that comes with every USING book. For the price of the book, you get online access anywhere with a web connection–no books to carry, updated content, and the benefit of video and audio learning. Way more than just a book, this is all the help you’ll ever need where you want, when you want!   learn fast, learn easy, using web, video, and audio   Show Me video walks through tasks you’ve just got to see–including bonus advanced techniques   Tell Me More audio delivers practical insights straight from the experts  

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Author:   Jesse Feiler
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Que Corporation,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780789744487

ISBN 10:   0789744481
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   10 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction    1 1 Bento: The Database for the Rest of Us    7 Introducing Bento    7 Looking at Bento    7 It’s All About Your Data    10 Bento’s Three Roles    11 Bento Lets You Leap Over Boundaries    12 How Much Programming Does Bento Require?    12 What Does “Personal”Mean?    13 Getting Started with Bento    14 Understanding Bento Terminology    16 Fields    17 Records    21 Libraries    22 Collections    22 2 Using the Bento Window    25 Getting Around the Bento Window    25 Create a Library    28 Using the Records Area    29 Introducing Table Views    30 Introducing Grid Views    30 Using Split Views    31 Creating a New Record    33 Entering Text Data    35 Printing a Record    36 Finding Data    38 Using Advanced Find    39 Deleting a Record    42 Using Table Views in Bento    42 Sorting a Table View in Bento    42 Pasting Data into Table View in Bento (Part 1)    43 Editing Fields with Table View in Bento    44 Pasting Data into Table View in Bento (Part 2)    44 Using the Libraries & Fields Pane    44 Using Library Folders    45 Using Library Icons    46 Setting Bento Preferences    47 3 Working with Bento Forms    49 Working with Forms    49 Duplicate and Rename a Form    52 Customizing a Form with Themes    53 Choose a Theme    54 Customizing a Form’s Fields    56 Copy Forms within a Library    60 4 Building a Bento Library from Your Own Data    63 Getting Started Organizing Your Data    63 Reviewing Your Legacy Data    64 Working with Data Formats    64 Performing a Basic Data Import    67 Import Data Into a New Bento Library    69 Cleaning Up Imported Data    74 5 Working with Phone, URL, IM, and Address Fields and Lists in Contacts    77 Exploring the Contacts Library    77 Working with Fields    81 Enter Contact Data    81 Working with Address, Email, Phone Number, and URL Lists    82 Adding Address Fields and Lists to Your Forms    84 Use a Field and a List    84 Use Contact Data    85 6 Working with Bento Fields and Calculations    87 Adding Calculation Fields to the Exercise Log    87 Creating and Formatting Date Fields in Exercise Log    89 Creating a Stop Date Field    89 Creating a Start Date Field    91 Using Date and Time Field Controls    92 Creating and Formatting a Number Field in Exercise Log    95 Creating and Formatting Calculations in Exercise Log    96 Working with the Calculation Dialog    96 Creating the Duration Field    98 Creating the Calories Burned Field    100 Creating and Formatting Choice Fields    101 Creating and Formatting Checkbox Fields    102 Creating and Formatting Currency Fields    103 Creating and Formatting Automatic Counter Fields    103 Creating and Formatting Rating Fields    104 Editing Bento Fields    104 7 Expanding the Inventory Library with Related Data Fields and Collections    107 Exploring the Inventory Library    107 Creating an Ins & Outs Library from Scratch    109 Creating an Ins & Outs Library    110 Using Relationships to Track Inventory    112 Creating a Relationship by Dragging a Library onto a Form    112 Creating a Relationship by Adding a Related Data Field    114 Formatting the Related Data Field    115 Summarizing a Related Data Field    118 Reviewing the Related Records    118 Improving the Relationship and the Form    119 Using Collections    122 Creating an Empty Collection    123 Adding a Record to a Collection    123 Creating a Collection from Selected Records    124 Using Smart Collections    125 8 Synchronizing with the Bento iPhone and iPad Apps    129 Sharing Versus Synchronization    129 Using the Bento iPhone or iPad App by Itself    131 Using the Bento iPad App    131 Using the Bento App Home    133 Searching the Libraries    134 Creating a New Library    136 Working with a Bento iPhone App Library    137 Synchronizing Libraries Between your iPhone or iPad and your Computer    138 Understanding “Same Wi-Fi Network”    138 Doing Your First Sync    140 Performing a Sync    144 Securing Your Bento Data on Your Mobile Device    144 9 Sharing Data with Other Bento Users    145 Setting Up Sharing    145 Set Up Bento Sharing    146 Using Shared Libraries and Databases    147 Connect to Shared Libraries and Databases    148 Securing Your Data    149 Use Encrypted Fields    150 Use a Database Password    151 Work with Locked Fields    152 Using a Sharing Password    154 10 Using Built-In Bento Libraries for Address Book and iPhoto    155 Exploring the Address Book Library    155 Extending Bento’s Address Book Library with New Fields and Forms    158 Synchronizing Address Book    160 Synchronizing Address Book with MobileMe    161 Synchronizing Address Book with iPhone    164 Synchronizing Address Book with PDAs and Other Devices    167 Using MobileMe Push Technology to Synchronize Data    167 Using Mac OS X Data Detectors to Update Address Book    168 Exploring the iPhoto Library    169 Use the iPhoto Library    170 11 Using Built-In Bento Libraries for iCal Tasks and iCal Events    171 Catching Up with iCal    171 Search iCal    172 Exploring the Bento iCal Libraries    176 Using Mail’s Data Detectors with iCal    178 Use Mail’s Data Detectors with iCal    178 Managing Your Calendar Data    180 Synchronizing iCal Events    182 12 Working with Bento’s Projects Library to Use Related Records from iCal Tasks, iCal Events, Apple Mail, and Address Book    183 Exploring Projects    183 Add an Image to Your Form with a Image Box    185 Working with Related Records from iCal and Address Book    187 Adding Related Records    187 Working with Related Records from Mail    191 Customizing Fields and Revising Forms    192 Creating and Sharing Calendar Events and Address Book Contacts with MobileMe    193 13 Designing a Projects Library to Share on Your LAN and Synchronize with Your iPhone    195 Taking Another Approach to Projects    195 Exploring the Projects Library    198 Organizing and Implementing Notes: The Basics    199 Create a New Bento Library for Notes    200 Create the Basic Field in Project Notes    202 Add Related Data Fields to the Projects Library    203 Enhancing the Relationship    207 14 Importing and Exporting Bento Data and Libraries    213 Importing and Exporting Basics    213 Importing Data into an Existing Bento Library    213 Exporting Bento Data    218 Importing and Exporting Libraries    220 Exporting Bento Libraries as Templates    220 Importing Bento Libraries as Templates    220 15 Using the Bento Template Exchange    223 Exploring the Bento Template Exchange    223 Learning from the Bento Template Exchange    226 Sharing Your Templates    227 Index    231  

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Jesse Feiler has been designing databases and user-oriented solutions for two decades. He is the author of a number of books on Mac OS X, FileMaker, the Web, and a variety of other technologies such as Drupal, mashups, and Facebook. His most recent books are Filemaker Pro 10 in Depth, Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in24 Hours, and iWork ’09 for Dummies.   A member of the FileMaker Business Alliance, he is also a developer of solutions for small businesses, nonprofit organizations (particularly those in the arts fields), publishing, and production companies. He has done many FileMaker rehabs, bringing them up to modern standards and designs. His knowledge of FileMaker and Mac OS X technologies has helped him integrate tools such as Automator into FileMaker solutions–and now into Bento.   He has worked as a developer and manager for companies such as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (monetary policy and bank supervision), Prodigy (early Web browser), Apple (information systems), New York State Department of Health (rabies and lead poisoning), The Johnson Company (office management), and Young & Rubicam (media planning and new product development).   Active in the community, he has served on a variety of nonprofit boards including those of HB Studio and Mid-Hudson Library System, as well as zoning and planning boards. He has conducted trustee training sessions for Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System and other groups.   Feiler’s website is northcountryconsulting.com.  

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