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Release note for ARender 2023.11.0

ARender 2023.11.0 Release Notes

Version Number: 2023.11.0

Release Date: 27-June-2025

Download: https://www.arender.io/download/v2023

Upgrade Note: will be done later


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

This version requires the following software versions as prerequisites:

  • 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 (AR Ticket ID) 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