iCollect Coins & Tokens for Mac

[Justin 0]

Hi all,

I have been currently excel spreadsheeting my catalogue and I came across this software, I have been using the demo download and it seems to be working really well, I like the display of your coin pictures as you click on each reference. The reason I am considering buying the full program is, it appears to be really user friendly and although not designed I can also include my medal collection in this too!

My question is does anyone have the full version? If so do you use it and whats your opinion?

Regards

Oh yeah the link might be a tad helpful!

Here we go Vee Eye

[Peckris 579]

Hi all,

I have been currently excel spreadsheeting my catalogue and I came across this software, I have been using the demo download and it seems to be working really well, I like the display of your coin pictures as you click on each reference. The reason I am considering buying the full program is, it appears to be really user friendly and although not designed I can also include my medal collection in this too!

My question is does anyone have the full version? If so do you use it and whats your opinion?

Regards

Oh yeah the link might be a tad helpful!

Here we go Vee Eye

It's difficult to say. I've been using FileMaker Pro for my coins since 1994 (System 7 Powerbook, FMP v2) and now use FMP v10 on an Intel iMac. In that time, it's grown organically to be quite a complex and sophisticated database, but more to the point, it exactly suits my own needs, being bespoke. And you would find the same with Excel if you feel comfortable with that. I had a quick look at iCollect, and while fairly simple and clearly laid out, I'm not sure how much room there is for expansion?

For example, my own database contains a complex calculation after inputting Spink values, shows a history of values back to the 60s, has ample text and comment fields for when I need them, pulls in pictures from a related file, stores locations, full purchase details, and even where when and to whom I disposed of it if that applies. If you're anything like me, you would soon get frustrated by software that didn't allow you to expand to suit your needs.

It's your call, I guess.

[jaggy 528]

Does it come with an included database and, if so, how comprehensive is this?

How does it work with British coins?

[Justin 0]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

[jaggy 528]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

Can you import data from Excel or does everything have to be re-keyed?

[Justin 0]

[jaggy 528]

I downloaded the demo version of this software and spent an hour playing with it.

Pros ... it works pretty well. I like being able to customise the on screen display and I like being able to attach a photo to the record. There are a lot of useful fields, probably more than I need but that is okay. Price is very reasonable at $25. Definitely more user friendly than my current Excel spreadsheet and a 'prettier' user interface.

Cons .. I would like to be able to customise the record field labels. So, for example, 'other reference' could become 'Seaby' or 'ESC'. The word wrapping in the description field doesn't work well so that in display mode it truncates the odd word. In addition, I could not see how print reporting works. In fact, I couldn't see any print options. Also an import function from Excel would save a lot of re-keying.

Overall. At the price this program is good value for money. Definitely better than my Excel solution. I would hope that the creators will continue to improve the software as identified in the cons.

[Peckris 579]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually).

2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s.

[Justin 0]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually).

2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s.

Sorry Peckris, I meant it was an empty blank database with which you would have to enter the data, I believe that you would have to collate from a few sources though.

Your second answer makes a lot more sense now! It must be nice to see the appreciation in value of certain coins?

Jaggy I wholeheartedly agree with your pros and cons, are you making the switch then?

Regards

[jaggy 528]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually).

2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s.

Sorry Peckris, I meant it was an empty blank database with which you would have to enter the data, I believe that you would have to collate from a few sources though.

Your second answer makes a lot more sense now! It must be nice to see the appreciation in value of certain coins?

Jaggy I wholeheartedly agree with your pros and cons, are you making the switch then?

Regards

Honest answer is that I haven't decided yet. I like the software and I like the price. What is putting me off is 1) the need to re-key everything. If there was an import function then I wouldn't hesitate and 2) the lack of a print engine.

[Peckris 579]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually).

2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s.

Sorry Peckris, I meant it was an empty blank database with which you would have to enter the data, I believe that you would have to collate from a few sources though.

Your second answer makes a lot more sense now! It must be nice to see the appreciation in value of certain coins?

Jaggy I wholeheartedly agree with your pros and cons, are you making the switch then?

Regards

Honest answer is that I haven't decided yet. I like the software and I like the price. What is putting me off is 1) the need to re-key everything. If there was an import function then I wouldn't hesitate and 2) the lack of a print engine.

You see, this is where FileMaker makes a lot more sense. You can 1) import all your data from an Excel spreadsheet, and 2) you can create layouts specially for printing, with fields you select, and arranged exactly how you want.

Problem is, FileMaker is a tad pricey. Now if its 'home and domestic' little brother Bento will do both of those, you're made! Bento is pretty cheap but has grown more powerful since its original incarnation.

(Bento can certainly do the Excel import thing, I just Googled:

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6965/~/importing-data-into-bento-2,-bento-3-and-bento-4 )

[Peckris 579]

The database is already set up,

although simple it allows all fields to customised ie changing dollars to pounds etc. There is a huge amount of fields that you can input data into or keep it as simple as possible. It works well in that you can add your categories and sub categories and even more types than just Coins or Tokens. God I sound like a salesman!

So far I have inputed my demo limit 5 coins and filled out as many fields as I could to test the search function, which worked pretty well, I think I have been drawn to it as it it is a database thats already been set up and looks pretty flash too. It has more fields than I currently use on excel which may take me a while to fill out but it does have a nice clone feature which aids in entering coins of the same type denomination which I fund pretty useful.

It does have most of the fields that you mentioned Peckris apart from the complex calculation showing values back to the 1960's, wow! How long did that take to set up?

I think I will try a few foreign coins and maybe some medals and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies guys.

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually).

2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s.

Sorry Peckris, I meant it was an empty blank database with which you would have to enter the data, I believe that you would have to collate from a few sources though.

Your second answer makes a lot more sense now! It must be nice to see the appreciation in value of certain coins?

Jaggy I wholeheartedly agree with your pros and cons, are you making the switch then?

Regards

Honest answer is that I haven't decided yet. I like the software and I like the price. What is putting me off is 1) the need to re-key everything. If there was an import function then I wouldn't hesitate and 2) the lack of a print engine.

You see, this is where FileMaker makes a lot more sense. You can 1) import all your data from an Excel spreadsheet, and 2) you can create layouts specially for printing, with fields you select, and arranged exactly how you want.

Problem is, FileMaker is a tad pricey. Now if its 'home and domestic' little brother Bento will do both of those, you're made! Bento is pretty cheap but has grown more powerful since its original incarnation.

(Bento can certainly do the Excel import thing, I just Googled:

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6965/~/importing-data-into-bento-2,-bento-3-and-bento-4 )

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

[jaggy 528]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

[Justin 0]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

[jaggy 528]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect.

[Justin 0]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect.

Your welcome Jaggy,

Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well.

This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template

Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!!

I will keep messing and see what works for me.

[Peckris 579]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect.

Your welcome Jaggy,

Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well.

This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template

Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!!

I will keep messing and see what works for me.

Yeah - when you import from one FMP database into another, you can get into a muddle with fields that aren't named the same. It's probably the same with Excel > Bento (a column in Excel = a field in BEnto). OR, it may be to do with the fact that the template was designed by an external user, not provided by Bento directly (though why that should interfere with basic functionality is anyone's guess).

I notice there is a "Chicken Records" template also More Bernard Matthews than Col. Sanders I should think!

[Justin 0]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect.

Your welcome Jaggy,

Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well.

This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template

Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!!

I will keep messing and see what works for me.

Yeah - when you import from one FMP database into another, you can get into a muddle with fields that aren't named the same. It's probably the same with Excel > Bento (a column in Excel = a field in BEnto). OR, it may be to do with the fact that the template was designed by an external user, not provided by Bento directly (though why that should interfere with basic functionality is anyone's guess).

I notice there is a "Chicken Records" template also More Bernard Matthews than Col. Sanders I should think!

I have managed to get the import sorted I think, field names was the issue, and have got my running totals up OUCH!!!! Well I did have them up on excel but I never paid attention to thescroll to the bottom of each sheet!

As to the templates each to their own but some of the templates I have had only one thing pop into my head; Really?????????

At the minute I am swaying towards Bento its really easy to use and I still love the fact that you can sync it with your iPhone.

Many thanks for bringing this to my attention Peckris.

[Peckris 579]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect.

Your welcome Jaggy,

Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well.

This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template

Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!!

I will keep messing and see what works for me.

Yeah - when you import from one FMP database into another, you can get into a muddle with fields that aren't named the same. It's probably the same with Excel > Bento (a column in Excel = a field in BEnto). OR, it may be to do with the fact that the template was designed by an external user, not provided by Bento directly (though why that should interfere with basic functionality is anyone's guess).

I notice there is a "Chicken Records" template also More Bernard Matthews than Col. Sanders I should think!

I have managed to get the import sorted I think, field names was the issue, and have got my running totals up OUCH!!!! Well I did have them up on excel but I never paid attention to thescroll to the bottom of each sheet!

As to the templates each to their own but some of the templates I have had only one thing pop into my head; Really?????????

At the minute I am swaying towards Bento its really easy to use and I still love the fact that you can sync it with your iPhone.

Many thanks for bringing this to my attention Peckris.

You're welcome

One more (apocryphal?) Churchill story to add to your signature - on being shown a memo advising on the correct use of English, e.g. not ending sentences with a preposition, Churchill scrawled in the margin "This is the kind of nonsense up with which I shall not put" !

[Justin 0]

Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins.

Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!!

Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!).

I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento.

Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect.

Your welcome Jaggy,

Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well.

This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template

Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!!

I will keep messing and see what works for me.

Yeah - when you import from one FMP database into another, you can get into a muddle with fields that aren't named the same. It's probably the same with Excel > Bento (a column in Excel = a field in BEnto). OR, it may be to do with the fact that the template was designed by an external user, not provided by Bento directly (though why that should interfere with basic functionality is anyone's guess).

I notice there is a "Chicken Records" template also More Bernard Matthews than Col. Sanders I should think!

I have managed to get the import sorted I think, field names was the issue, and have got my running totals up OUCH!!!! Well I did have them up on excel but I never paid attention to thescroll to the bottom of each sheet!

As to the templates each to their own but some of the templates I have had only one thing pop into my head; Really?????????

At the minute I am swaying towards Bento its really easy to use and I still love the fact that you can sync it with your iPhone.

Many thanks for bringing this to my attention Peckris.

You're welcome

One more (apocryphal?) Churchill story to add to your signature - on being shown a memo advising on the correct use of English, e.g. not ending sentences with a preposition, Churchill scrawled in the margin "This is the kind of nonsense up with which I shall not put" !

Duly edited!

I do like the nature of some quotes I have read a little into the history of the quotes in my signature and some have been used in one form or another fro over a hundred years prior to Churchill, maybe he did say it maybe not, but he had the character and wit to pull it off I think!