Patent ID: 6976222

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for creating a graphical program, wherein the method for creating the graphical program operates in a computer including a display screen and a user input device, the method for creating the graphical program comprising: creating the graphical program in response to user input, wherein the graphical program is created in a first graphical program development environment, wherein said creating the graphical program includes: displaying on the screen a first node in the graphical program in response to user input, wherein the first node is operable to access capabilities of a software object, wherein the software object is not present in the first graphical program development environment; configuring the graphical program to receive information on a class of the software object in response to user input; wherein, during execution of the graphical program, the software object is operable to be instantiated from the class, and the first node is operable to access the capabilities of the software object.