Visual optimizations in the Designer
The Designer has been enhanced with several visual optimizations. All related connections (pipes) are now highlighted in bold when the mouse is moved over an existing connection or a heater is selected. Not only are the connections highlighted in bold, but also the corresponding field names on the READ and WRITE sides. This makes it very easy to trace and assign connections, even in definitions with a large number of connections and heaters/functions in the design area.
Furthermore, it is now more clearly highlighted when descriptions are stored in a definition or heater. This allows you to see in advance whether a description is stored without having to open the description on suspicion.
The numbering of incoming and outgoing heaters and field connections (pipes) has also been optimized in this release.
Release notes for version 4.5.0 on September, 2025
Database adapters with improved table/view selection
In all database adapters, tables, views, or storage procedures can now be searched for and selected directly using a free text search. As soon as a character is entered in the selection box, the control pops up and displays the elements found. The search can be further refined by entering additional characters. This greatly speeds up the selection process, especially for databases with hundreds of tables or views.
FlowHeater Server optimizations
Internal optimizations have been made to FlowHeater Server so that significantly less CPU time is required when idle and no tasks are being executed.
Furthermore, for “File Monitoring” tasks, the triggering file is now stored in the execution history. This makes it easier to understand exactly what happened during subsequent error analysis.
ODBC / OleDB adapter with improved data source input
The input field for connection strings in the ODBC Adapter and OleDB Adapter has been enlarged so that long connection string configurations can now be entered and displayed more easily.
XML adapter now supports dummy fields without output
In the XML Adapter, “dummy” XML fields/nodes can now also be created on the WRITE side, which are not output to the XML file. These “dummy” nodes are only used for internal processing, e.g. for groupings. This is a further step towards enabling FlowHeater to create even very complex XML files.
Corrections (bug fixes)
- Designer checks window size before closing and opening
- Designer ShowResult output corrected if no data was available
- TextFile, Excel, JSON and XML Adapters now delete the specified file even if no data was available for processing
- AutoID Heater counted incorrectly in conjunction with GroupOut Heater and the Filter Heater
