Sharing Your Bento Database
You can share your Bento database with up to five other Bento users at the same time over a local network (in the same subnet). Sharing requires the current version of Bento on each computer that is either sharing a database or looking for shared databases.
You can export data or a template from a shared library. For more information, see ”Exporting Information from Bento” on page 122.
When you first start Bento, your libraries are set up ready to be shared. You then decide whether to share your entire database or only selected libraries.
Note When you share your iCal Events library it becomes read-only, and other users can’t modify events.
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Click Sharing at the top of the window.
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Select “Share entire database” or “Share selected libraries,” then select the libraries you want to share.
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This is the name that is displayed on other users’ computers (if they are set up to look for shared databases on your network).
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If you want other users to be able to make changes to the shared database, select “Allow others to make changes to your data.”
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If a shared database is not allowed to be changed, users see italicized field labels and 
when they move the cursor over the fields.
when they move the cursor over the fields. If you make certain types of changes to the database while it is being shared (create fields, collections, or folders; delete folders; change field options or the database name), users are prompted to disconnect from the database and then reconnect to ensure they have the latest version.
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Leave Bento open on your computer for users to see your shared database on other computers. If you quit Bento, your database will no longer be shared.
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Important Users editing a shared database can’t undo their changes once they have tabbed or clicked outside the field currently being edited.
next to the shared database.