One of the more interesting things I have to do when I travel is keep track of my receipts. I have a serious problem with all of the fiddly pieces of paper. Expense tracking programs on the iPhone have a way of using the camera to take images of the receipts. My solution to this problem after the break.
Bento is a simple to use database program. Essentially it is a fancy list manager. Yet there is power in Bento. One of the more interesting things about Bento is that it comes with a set of templates. Most people don’t extend the capabilities of the templates. It is as if the people feel the template is sacrosanct. With a little Judicious changes you can make any template fit your needs.
The Expense Template did not come with a way image receipts. I changed that by adding a Media field and giving it the name of Receipt. I also removed a few other fields that did nothing for me. These were the related records lists. Now that I had the library the way that I wanted I synced with my iPhone Bento. Now when I have a receipt that I need to remember for tax purposes I can enter most of the information on my iPhone.
Once again Bento 3 on my Mac and iPhone have made it possible to have an application that I do not have to pay for again.
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