Recent Announcements

21 Aug 2010 — The official Helix 6.1.6 (185) installer packages are now available on the downloads page.

31 Jul 2010 — Reports of Server crashes (error 7602) and Client crashes in sequences that enter a record and close the view have been confirmed. Technotes are now available on this page.

27 Jul 2010 — Helix 6.1.6 (183) is released today. If, after all these months, you're desperately in need of a verbal Helix infusion, read all about it here.

31 Dec 2009 — Happy New Year to Helix Users (and the people who put up with them) everywhere. Our annual end-of-year edition of The Latest Word is all about 2010. Part of this edition pertains to an important survey. Please be sure to take part. (But please, be sure to celebrate the arrival of a new year a little first!).

Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Compatibility

The following products are fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6:

• Helix Server 6.1.6 and later
• Helix Client 6.1.6 and later
• Helix Engine 6.1.6 and later

The following products have been tested and turned up no major incompatibilities with Mac OS X 10.6:

• Helix Server 6.1.4 and later
• Helix Client 6.1.4 and later
• Helix Engine 6.1.4 and later

Earlier versions of Helix may be compatible, but were not tested.

Helix Maintenance Manager 1.0.5 has been discovered to experience problems with OS X 10.6. See this technote for details and a workaround.

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Compatibility

The following products are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5:

• Helix Server 6.1 and later
• Helix Client 6.1 and later
• Helix Engine 6.1 and later
• Helix Maintenance Manager 1.0.5 and later

Older Announcements & More…

Older announcements and other information that has appeared on this home page in the past can now be found on the news archive page.