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June 21,
2022
EnMasse 3.4 released
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RenderX has released EnMasse 3.4.
This release comes with platform-independent and Windows specific distributions. The full list of improvements is:
- Security fixes:
- Removed support of legacy SSL block ciphers having block size of 64 bits (DES/3DES).
- Fixed potential XSS vulnerabilities (which may be reported by network security checking tools).
- Improved logic and wording of log messages.
- Bugfix:
- Minor bug fixes related to improper service stopping.
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December 23,
2021
Log4j: CVE-2021-44228
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None of our software products nor our environment uses Log4j.
We are aware of the CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. We constantly monitor the situation with newly discovered vulnerabilities in the Java world.
We always encourage our customers to have a valid extended support contract. Please always update to the latest version of our software products, as support includes product updates.
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October 15,
2020
EnMasse 3.3 released
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RenderX has released EnMasse 3.3.
This release comes with platform-independent and Windows specific distributions. The full list of improvements is:
- Status server requests now support HTTP/1.1 protocol.
- Some performance improvements.
- Bugfix:
- Fixed a misleading Fairy log message that arose in case if received a bogus connection from a non-Fairy application (e.g. network watchdog/antivirus, or simply a Web browser).
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December 13,
2019
XEP 4.30 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.30. This major release brings new attributes, extensions, and improvements:
- New RenderX extension:
- New PDF Forms attributes:
- text-align attribute for specifying alignment of the content value of Text fields.
- deselectable attribute to allow a Radio Button group to have a default, unchosen value.
- PDF Forms: Improved the visual presentation of Circle Radio Buttons fields that have black circle ● (● | \u25CF) as a checkmark.
- Bug fixes:
- PDF Forms: Minor improvements with positioning of elements.
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May 15,
2019
XEP 4.29 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.29. This major release brings new extensions and improvements:
- New RenderX extension:
- Bug fixes:
- PDF Form Fields: Improved behavior of Text Fields having mandatory attribute and omitted default value.
- Font subsetting: Fixed choosing non-English name in case if several are set in the original font.
- SVG: Fixed an NPE when processing gradient on the tspan element.
The XEPWin installer no longer includes JRE.
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October 11,
2018
XEP 4.28 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.28. This major release brings new features and improvements:
- Improvements in Section 508 accessibility:
- Added tagging (alt-description attribute) for PDF Form Fields.
- PDF Form Fields: Added new field type: Digital Signature.
- Improved Checkmark Position for Checkbox and Radio PDF Form Fields.
- Added the Adobe-style Cross Checkmark for Checkbox PDF Form Fields (see documentation for details).
- Added XMP Metadata injection.
- Bug fixes:
- New log warning: Tab Order field is a feature of PDF Version 1.5+; If the output document is generated for PDF 1.4, Acrobat 7 and 8 would report "page(s) with tab order that may be inconsistent with the structure order"; added a runtime warning about use it against PDF 1.4;
- Fixed a problem when the continued table headers and table footers in case of static-content were not marked as Pagination artifacts.
- Fixed wrong PDF tag order (TBody before THead) caused by background image in certain cases.
- Cliser HttpControl: fixed a potential vulnerability to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS 404).
- AFP backend: Fixed broken output stream caused by not 8 bytes long codepage name specifying in config.
- Fixed a bug that prevented embedded JavaScript from working in PDF.
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August 1,
2018
EnMasse 3.2 released
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RenderX has released EnMasse 3.2.
This release comes with platform-independent and Windows specific distributions. The release features a multi-service mode, improved performance and security, and simplified config format. The full list of improvements is:
- Added multi-service mode - Fork. See EnMasse User Guide for details on using it.
- Increase in formatting speed: Test results showed up to 53% in certain configurations.
- Improved Cliser logs.
- Major refactoring and improvement of the Sample Client: It can be used for performance testing now.
- Simplified config format: Triple quoting is no longer necessary.
- Bugfixes: Fixed WinMasse service stop command on Windows systems.
- Actinia hanging when active folder becomes unreachable.
- Fixed Cliser HTTP control potential vulnerability.
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April 18,
2018
XEP 4.27 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.27. This major release brings new features and improvements:
- New way of specifying the Date fields in PDF Forms allows for format validation and dropdown calendar.
- Improved kerning for OTF (OpenType) fonts. Both KERN and GPOS tables are supported.
- PDF embedded attachments improved:
- Embedding PDF attachments in PDF/A-3 implemented.
- Added rx:insert-document-position option to specify place of insertion, such as before or after page-sequence.
- Extended set of PDF Document Security Permissions implemented.
- Bug fixes:
- Wrong position of background image in embedded PDF when xep-pdf-page-scaling is used
- Regression with PDF Document Security
- Regression with broken footnotes in certain cases
- NPE on table with changebar outside of table-cell and with footnote with list-block
- Incorrect wrapping of fo:float
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October 23,
2017
XEP 4.26 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.26. This major release brings new features and improvements:
- PDF/UA compliance (specification):
- Linear objects (lines, borders, rectangles etc.) are now marked as Layout artifacts.
- The content of region-before/region-after are now marked as Pagination artifacts (of Header/Footer subtype). Fixed the read-out-loud of partial sentences in a paragraph.
- Fixed null pointer exception on tagged documents, which happens when the same rx:pdf-structure-tag appears on two or more different pages.
- Section 508 Tagged PDF improvements:
- Added Colspan and Rowspan to the list of 508 attributes.
- Added the information about Section 508 tagged PDF to XEP User Guide.
- Fixed the order of the Link's children structure tags.
- Cliser:
- Added option to disable HTTPControl port.
- PDF linearization improvements and fixes:
- Improved compatibility of linearization info with new versions of Adobe Acrobat Preflight.
- Fixed HintTable and EOL marker in linearization mode.
- Bug fixes:
- SVG image caching that led to wrong images added to the output
- Page breaking on page-wide footnotes with id in a multicolumn content
- Overflow in tables with block with id
- Exception while reading CMap of Apple fonts
- PDF forms
- Printable combobox
- Printing of the borders of the comb boxes
- Broken multi-line textboxes
- Empty string causing multiline PDF form lose text traits
- NPE in "Read Out Loud"
- NPE on some tables with changebars
- Behavior with near zero RGBA color
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December 22,
2016
EnMasse 3.1 released
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RenderX has released EnMasse 3.1.
This release comes with platform-independent and Windows specific distributions. The release features refactored code, improved performance, stability, and more informative log format. The full list of improvements is:
- Performance improvements, including adding a new config option for caching control. See EnMasse User Guide for details on configuring certificates.
- Increase in formatting speed: Test results showed up to 34% (with cache turned off) and minimum 11% improvement in peak performance.
- Improved log format for being more informative.
- Improved client for Fairy.
- Bugfixes: Fixed WinMasse service stop command on Windows systems.
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May 23,
2016
XEP 4.25 released
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RenderX has released XEP 4.25. This major release brings new extensions and improvements:
- PDF/UA compliance (specification):
- Added the BBox attribute to the PDF Artifacts in the output.
- Fixed the read-out-loud of partial sentences in a paragraph.
- Fixed null pointer exception on tagged documents, which happens when the same rx:pdf-structure-tag appears on two or more different pages.
- Fixed reading "empty page" on non-empty pages.
- Bug fix in Section 508 Accessibility.
- Changed font parsing (loading) strategy in XEP.
- PDF linearization fixes.
- Support for RGBA.
- Fixed increasing memory consumption (memory leak).
- Rewritten caching algorithms for images. Potential performance improvement, especially on Base64-encoded images.
- Comb field support and improved positioning in PDF forms.
The DocBench bundle now includes oXygen XML Editor 18.
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April 19,
2016
EnMasse 3.0 released
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RenderX has released EnMasse 3.0.
This release comes with platform-independent and Windows specific distributions. The release features completely redesigned load-balancing algorithms, support for secure connection (TLS), improved performance, stability, and security. The full list of improvements is:
- Improved performance: Test results showed 17% increase in formatting speed.
- Improved stability: Older versions may lose HTTP connections under high load.
- Added HTTPS support for Fairy - a SOAP formatting server. See EnMasse User Guide for details on configuring certificates.
- Added a sample client for Fairy.
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