Patent ID: 9626162
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, the medium comprising: instructions for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) of a data processing device for editing components of a virtual instrument panel, instructions for receiving through the GUI a user selection of an editing operation for the first icon in the panel layout area that represents the first component in the virtual instrument panel; instructions for performing the editing operation for the first icon in the panel layout area during an execution of the components of the virtual instrument panel; instructions for programmatically performing a synchronized operation on the first section of code that corresponds to the editing operation for the first icon in the panel layout area in response to performing the editing operation, instructions for programmatically adding a second section of code associated with a first I/O device icon to the program dialog area, in response to moving the first I/O device icon from the I/O device library area to the panel layout area; and instructions for programmatically adding a third section of code associated with a second I/O device icon to the program dialog area, in response to moving the second I/O device icon from the I/O device library area to the panel layout area, wherein