This version requires the following software versions as prerequisites:

• ARender: 4.8.21
• Redis: 6.2.12
• OpenSearch: 1.3.4

Security vulnerabilities​

With the aim of improving security within FlowerDocs, several fixes have been made : ✅ Service Directory password encryption via the CLM

🔴 Minor security vulnerabilities fixed on the CLM and administration GUI

Search enhancements​

Several changes have been made to the search function to make it easier and more fluid to use :

✅ The “Search” and “Add criteria” buttons are always visible on the screen, regardless of the number of search criteria.

✅ Manually added criteria remain displayed until the form is reset. They are saved when a search is saved, so that users can customize their searches even further.

✅ New functionality for resetting added and entered search criteria to return to the default search form.

When criteria are displayed in columns : ✅ Le nombre de résultats par page et le bouton pour ajouter des colonnes sont toujours visibles au-dessus des tableaux quel que soit le nombre de résultats affichés.

✅ The number of results per page and the button for adding columns are always visible above the tables, regardless of the number of results displayed.

SSO​

✅ When there is an SSO and a directory service, FlowerDocs uses the identifier retrieved from the directory service for all actions performed in FlowerDocs.

Administration​

{{% epic id = FD-15971 %}} CLM, it is now possible to partially update a scope with the following commands : update-config, update-model, update-report, update-content, update-scope

WS​

✅ Full-text search - Exposure of a WS for adding, deleting and updating the textual content of a file retrieved by a third-party application in FlowerDocs.

Facilitating integration

🔴 The variable ${user.authorities} takes into account all user information: directory groups and FlowerDocs profiles, whatever the context of use.

Full-text search​

✅ From the administration GUI, it is possible to configure an external OperationHook that calls a technical component external to FlowerDocs to extract the textual content of documents by filtering on the desired mime types for indexing.

ScriptOperationHandler​

🔴 Filters are taken into account when executing operation handler scripts.

🔴 Operation handler scripts can be run on administration components.

Tasks​

✅ It is possible to add technical parameters when applying a response to a task. This makes it possible to convey the information required for technical processing without overloading the FlowerDocs data model.

Default scope​

📋 Added a deliverable containing the basic FlowerDocs scope needed to run the application.

📋 Add the acl-annotation ACL to the “Annotation” document class to make it easier to understand how annotations security works.

Bug fixes

Tags​

🔴 FlowerDocs manages the fact of not displaying suggestions on a read-only tag.

Menus (Virtual Folders)​

🔴 Counters are always displayed regardless of the size of the label for the various levels (aggregations).

Results table​

🔴 Display conditional tag labels regardless of the condition performed.

🔴 Display of the special character “ ‘ “ in table columns.

Folders (Virtual Folders)​

🔴 Display of the special character “ ‘ “ in the classification plan (aggregations).

Task​

🔴 Creation of a task after verification of its existence, tooltips are displayed for all tags present in the pop-up.

History​

🔴 Special characters are correctly displayed.

Companion Plugin, interface with the Office suite​

🔴 E-mail transfer from Outlook to FlowerDocs is back on track.

🔴 The Companion plugin works with HTTPS and SSL security.

RGAA​

🔴 Improved contrast in the “History” pop-up.

🔴 Reading List tags when they are read-only.

🔴 Text tags displayed in black when in write mode.

Administration​

🔴 Conditional tag: it is now possible to condition the display of values according to a component's class identifier.

🔴 Deleting a report from the GUI is now functional.

🔴 When deleting a user from a group, confirmation is requested to avoid mistakes.

🔴 Operation handler - The section is always displayed from the administration GUI.

🔴 Scope teams are now displayed correctly from the “Identities/Teams” menu in administration.

WS​

🔴 Adding a document - The addFiles service returns the identifier of the file created, regardless of the versioning mode defined for the document class.

Known issues

Search​

• Full-text search - After restoring a document version, the content of the restored version is not re-indexed and therefore not searchable.
• The “Reset” action must not be present on the document search pop-up.
• The focus remains on the “Reset” action after clicking on it.

Patch versions

2.8.1 03/06/2024​

🔐 Security​

ARender version upgrade to 4.8.17 to benefit from the fix to resolve a vulnerability.

This patch strengthens the application's security and protects our users from potential threats.

For more details, please contact us via our ticketing tool !

ARender​

ARender version upgrade from 4.8.13 to 4.8.17 to benefit from all the improvements made in the viewer.

For more information, see the ARender release noteshere.

RGAA​

✅ To ensure that the product meets general accessibility requirements for all types of disability, a link to the FlowerDocs accessibility declaration has been added to the avatar menu.

Bug fixes​

🔴 🔎 Search : “Reset” action removed from pop-ups

To avoid visual overload on document search pop-ups, the action to reset the search form has been removed.

🔴 🔎 Full-text search : indexing content after restoration

It is now possible to search the contents of a document after restoring a version.

In previous versions of the product, following a restore, the associated content was not indexed and therefore not searchable.

🔴 RGAA - Improved keyboard navigation on verification pop-ups before creating a task.

Here's how it works to comply with RGAA rules : Existing tasks are checked when the focus is on the “Check” button in the pop-up window.

The pop-up is closed if the user uses the “Esc” key or if the focus is on the “Close” button.

If the focus is in a pop-up field, then when the enter key is pressed, the action is performed in the field (input validation, list scrolling, etc.).

🔴 Viewing a document directly in ARender

When a document is viewed in the viewer in external mode, i.e. without the FlowerDocs forms being displayed, the user rights set up in FlowerDocs are once again taken into account.

Ex: a user who has the right to download or print the document can do so again.

2.8.2 27/06/2024​

🔴 Updating a document without adding content no longer deletes the old content.

2.8.3 31/12/2024​

✅ ARender version upgrade from 4.8.17 to 4.8.20 to benefit from all the improvements made in the viewer.

2.8.4 04/03/2025​

✅ ARender version upgrade to 4.8.21