Athenaeum downloads

All trial versions can be converted to full versions with the purchase and entry of a serial number. All trial software is fully functional, except that it is time limited.

If you would like older versions of our software for older operating systems, then please send an email describing your situation.

Athenaeum Pro 8.5

Download a 60 day demo here. Includes documentation. Start with the account/password "library/lib". Other accounts and detais in the draft documentation.

These downloads are self-contained. That is, they do not need FileMaker Pro to run. However, you have no networking capability (networking is a function of FileMaker Pro 9 or 10).

A windows installer for Athenaeum Pro 8.5 stand-alone run-time for Windows XP (SP2) or Vista with documentation. Download to your desktop, run the installer and follow the instructions for a default installation.	Athenaeum Pro 8.5 for Mac OS X 10.4.9, 10.5 and 10.6. (a zip file - download expand then copy to a suitable location on your har disk)
FileMaker 9 or 10 'opener' file. Install this on each computer on your network and open with FileMaker Pro 9.0v3 or 10.0v3. You may customise the file to point to a specific file server.	FileMaker 9 'opener' file - for Windows with NZ regional settings.
Current Athenaeum Pro 8 manual
Notes on Athenaeum Pro 8.5 new features and late changes to Athenaeum Pro 8
Documentation for Athenaeum Pro 8.5 PHP web templates

Athenaeum Light 10 Preview

Here are the links to the Preview version of Athenaeum Light 10. A two page ultra quick start document is included in the download or your can grab that separately here. If you have used Athenaeum Light 7 before, then you will be able to use Athenaeum Light 10 just fine (assuming your computer meets the system requiremnts of course).

Athenaeum Light 10 Preview for Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7 (a compressed zip file)	Athenaeum Light 10 Preview for Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5, 10.6
Athenaeum Light 10 Ultra Quick Start (a 2 page pdf with the accounts and passwords)
Athenaeum software YouTube page with some quick video introductions (best watched at 480 or 720 resolution)

Athenaeum Light 7

You can download the following 60 day trial versions of Athenaeum Light 7. Includes documentation. Please read the read me first document, it has basic accounts and password information. The Quick Start .pdf also has the account and password information.

Athenaeum Light 7.0v6 for Windows XP (a compressed zip file)	Athenaeum Light 7 for Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.8 (a compressed OS X disk image)
Athenaeum Light 7 Quick Start

Miscellaneous

Items of interest

Graphic showing Athenaeum Network options - choose none/peer-to-peer/client-server

Mac OS X AppleScript for creating Finder archives of a given folder

Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 shell script for use with FileMaker Server to create time-stamped zipped archives of a given folder. Change 2 lines and trigger this script as a FileMaker Server schedule to create painless backups. See Wim Decorte's article for specifics on the theory of implementation.

Athenaeum Light 6 (the free version)

This is the old version that is provided as is, where is. It may not be supported on recent operating systems.

Athenaeum Light 6 for Windows	Athenaeum Light 6 for OS 9
Athenaeum Light 6 for Mac OS X (compressed disk image)