Well, it's a real scaled back version of FileMaker. It would probably work ok for a simple music database
Sent from my iSomething -- Eric Dannewitz Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius http://www.ericdannewitz.com On Oct 24, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that reply! > > It makes my interest for Bento cool down, but then I don�ft 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
