Thanks for that reply! It makes my interest for Bento cool down, but then I don’t go out buying a disappointment.
Klaus ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eric Dannewitz <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: music collection database? Mac, or cross-platform > > I think no on Bento reading FileMaker databases. Bento is ok, but it > lacks a lot of the really nice relational database tools that > FileMaker does. > > > > Sent from my iSomething > -- > Eric Dannewitz > Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius > http://www.ericdannewitz.com > > On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Makes me curious. I bought the first version of FileMaker Pro in 1991 and > never upgraded, as I could read my files on my older computers. Now Bento is > cheaper, really only a fraction of the 1991 price. Hence a few questions: >> >> Will the current Bento version read my FileMaker Pro files? Save them in > the Bento format? >> >> Are there free Bento readers for Mac, Windows, smartphones, and iPads? >> >> Is it possible to import a huge index in Word format into Bento? >> >> Klaus >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Jonathan Smith <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:10 PM >>> Subject: [Finale] OT: music collection database? Mac, or > cross-platform >>> >>> I use Filemaker Pro (now Bento but I've never upgraded). Great for > our band >>> library stuff and has a section for music loaned out etc. >>> >>> I'll send you a blank 'clone' copy of the file if you wish. > It's >>> in version 5.5 but works great for me! >>> >>> Jonathan >>> >>> On 24 Oct 2011, at 18:00, <[email protected]> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> this is not exactly Finale content, but I know there are a number > of >>> librarians on this list: >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a good suggestion for cataloguing our > orchestra's >>> sheet music parts? Any ready made solutions, ideally cross-platform, > but >>> definitely Mac, and it shouldn't cost a lot ;-) >>>> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
