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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.

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.

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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).

RenderX has released XEP 4.30. This major release brings new attributes, extensions, and improvements:

• New RenderX extension:
• rx:border-radius extension attribute for creating rounded corners on block areas and PDF Forms Fields.
• 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.

RenderX has released XEP 4.29. This major release brings new extensions and improvements:

• New RenderX extension:
• rx:barcode extension to specify barcodes (uses ZXing library).
• 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.