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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 519
The following user-created field types in Bento are not supported in FileMaker Pro:
• Media
• File List
• Related Data
• Message List
Displaying Bento checkbox fields in FileMaker Pro
After importing, Bento checkbox fields do not display in FileMaker Pro in the same manner as they
did in Bento. To achieve a similar result in Form View and List View, do the following:
1. For a number field that you mapped to a checkbox field, define a value list with the single
value of 1.
See Defining value lists.
2. In Layout mode, select the number field.
3. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.
4. In the Field area, under Control Style, choose Checkbox set.
5. Choose the value list you defined in step 1 from the Values from list.
6. Resize the number field so that only the checkbox is visible.
Choice Tex t
Date Created Timestamp
Date Modified Timestamp
Calculation Text, Number, Time, or Timestamp
Address Text Multiple fields are created
Email Address Tex t Multiple fields are created
Phone Number Tex t Multiple fields are created
URL Text Multiple fields are created
IM Account Text Multiple fields are created
Encrypted (Bento 3 or a
later supported version)
Tex t If the Bento database requires
a password, FileMaker
Pro
also requires it
Location (Bento 4 or a
later supported version)
Number Location fields are imported as
two separate Number fields:
[Fieldname](Longitude) and
[Fieldname](Latitude)
Simple List (Bento 3 or a
later supported version)
Tex t Tab characters are inserted
between each column.
Carriage return characters are
inserted between each row.
Although simple list fields in
Bento 4 support types other
than text, FileMaker
Pro
imports the data as text.
Bento Field Type FileMaker Pro Field Type Notes