User manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book and iCal Libraries
- Using Collections
- Using Form View
- About Forms
- Viewing a Form and a Table at the Same Time
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Adding Fields to a Form
- Tabbing Between Fields
- Moving Fields and Objects on Forms
- Resizing Fields and Objects
- Removing Fields from a Form
- Customizing Form Layouts
- Using Table View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Using Bento with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Index
Chapter 7 Using Fields 81
3 The default email application opens and displays a blank email message addressed to
the name in the email address field.
4 Compose the message and send it.
Adding Mac OS X Mail Items to a Message List Field
In message list fields, you can store aliases to Mac OS X Mail messages, notes, and RSS
articles that are relevant to a specific record. For instructions on creating message list
fields, see
“Creating Message List Fields” on page 75.
To add a Mac OS X Mail message, note or RSS article to a message list field:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 In the bottom-left corner of the message list field, click to open the Mac OS X Mail
application.
3 In Mac OS X Mail, select a folder that contains messages, notes, or RSS articles.
4 Drag one or more items to the message list field.
Tip: Click to show the fields for the message list field in the Fields pane.
To open the items in Mac OS X Mail, see “Opening Files Stored in File List Fields and
Message List Fields” below.
Opening Files Stored in File List Fields and Message List Fields
When browsing records, you can quickly open files or applications stored in file list
fields, and Mac OS X Mail messages, notes, and RSS articles stored in message list
fields.
To open files stored in a file list field or message list field:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Select one or more items in the file list field or message list field.
3 Click or double-click the items you want to open.
4 The application associated with each item starts and displays the contents of the
items.
For example, if you double-click a PDF file and a QuickTime movie file, the Mac OS X
Preview and QuickTime Player applications start and display the PDF file and the
QuickTime movie file. If you double-click an email message, note, or RSS article, the
Mac OS X Mail application starts and displays the Mac OS X Mail item.