Patent ID: 7120877

Claim:
A method for creating a graphical program including a plurality of portions of graphical source code to be executed sequentially, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of frames in the graphical program such that two or more frames are visible at the same time, wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected graphical program nodes that graphically represents functionality of the graphical program, and wherein the graphical program is executable by a computer system to perform the functionality; including a portion of graphical source code in each frame in response to user input; wherein for each frame, said including a portion of graphical source code in the frame in response to user input comprises including one or more graphical program nodes in the frame in response to user input; wherein the plurality of frames define an execution order for the plurality of portions of graphical source code such that during execution of the graphical program the plurality of portions of graphical source code are executed sequentially in accordance with the execution order defined by the plurality of frames wherein the plurality of frames are displayed side by side to define an execution order for the plurality of portions of graphical source code such that during execution of the graphical program the plurality of portions of graphical source code are executed sequentially according to the execution order; and wherein a graphical depiction of a frame's location defines where it will execute relative to the other frames.