Upgrade note: See v2023.11.0 for detailed instructions.
Overview
ARender 2023.11.0 is a minor release that strengthens support for document rendering accuracy, especially for signed and long URL-encoded documents. It also improves PDF/A printing, hyperlink visual consistency, and fixes navigation regressions in named destinations.
Prerequisites
| Component | Supported versions |
|---|---|
| OpenJDK | 8 or 11 |
User Perspective
📄 Fix for Layout Extraction in Signed PDFs
Improve signed document layout rendering when PDFOwl is used. (AR-17644)
🌐 Support for Special Characters in Base64 URLs
Long document URLs containing special characters (like +, ~) are now correctly encoded and handled. (AR-17394)
🔗 Hyperlink Highlight Rendering Fix
Inverted-style hyperlinks now visually align text properly—the blue overlay precisely follows the black base text. (AR-17491)
🖨️ PDF/A Documents No Longer Blocked in Print
PDF/A files are now printable without restriction via ARender. (AR-17494)
📍 Fix for Named Destination Hyperlinks
Clicking a link to a named destination now works reliably, even on subsequent clicks. (AR-17623)
Developer / Integrator Perspective
No developer/integrator-specific changes in this version.
Exploitation Perspective
No operational-specific changes in this version.
Changelog
| Summary | Issue Type | Key | Linked Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layout extraction fails for signed documents | Issue | AR-17644 | TMAPR-6313 |
| Encoding issue in long Base64 document URLs | Issue | AR-17394 | TMAPR-6088 |
| Misaligned inverted-style hyperlink text | Issue | AR-17491 | TMAPR-6248 |
| PDF/A documents blocked from printing | Issue | AR-17494 | TMAPR-6222 |
| Navigation issue with named destination links | Regression | AR-17623 | TMAPR-6309 |
Download
| Description | Binary | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| ARender Rendition Server installer | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender WEB-UI - Spring Boot Application - Standalone | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender HMI - J2EE EAR Application - FileNet 5.x | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender HMI - J2EE WAR Application - Content Manager 8.1 | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender plugins : IBM Content Navigator plugin | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender plugins : Alfresco Share plugin | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender plugins : Alfresco ADF plugin base for integration in ADF | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender API : Client API | Download | SHA-256 |
| ARender API : Rendition API | Download | SHA-256 |