Help with Bento

whostean · Nov 19, 2012, 08:31 PM

I apologize if this is not in the correct place.

I was attempting to send a bento file to myself from work to my home computer, but what I sent was a .bentodb file, and I am unable to open it.
Did I send myself the wrong file?

whostean · Nov 20, 2012, 11:42 AM

anybody?

whostean · Nov 20, 2012, 12:03 PM

I was able to contact Filemaker and get my issue resolved.

For anybody who may have this issue in the future, the solution:

You cannot open a .bentodb file if you already have one open. To switch between Bento databases:

1. Quit Bento
2. Hold option while re-opening Bento
3. Select new database
4. Repeat 1-3 to return to your original database

hchung · Nov 28, 2012, 02:10 PM

Hmm, I would have thought you'd want to export it from one machine to another as a template instead of copying the entire database?

But then again, I'm not sure what you're trying to do. (move everything or move just some stuff?)

Nov 19, 2012, 08:31 PM	#1
whostean macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Help with Bento I apologize if this is not in the correct place. I was attempting to send a bento file to myself from work to my home computer, but what I sent was a .bentodb file, and I am unable to open it. Did I send myself the wrong file?
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Nov 20, 2012, 12:03 PM	#3
whostean Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Solution I was able to contact Filemaker and get my issue resolved. For anybody who may have this issue in the future, the solution: You cannot open a .bentodb file if you already have one open. To switch between Bento databases: 1. Quit Bento 2. Hold option while re-opening Bento 3. Select new database 4. Repeat 1-3 to return to your original database
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whostean Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	anybody?
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hchung macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2008	Hmm, I would have thought you'd want to export it from one machine to another as a template instead of copying the entire database? But then again, I'm not sure what you're trying to do. (move everything or move just some stuff?)
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