Patent ID: 7134090

Claim:
A method for configuring a graphical program, wherein the method executes on a first computer system, the method comprising: displaying a first program icon on a display of the first computer system, wherein the first program icon corresponds to a first program, wherein the first program is not a graphical program; displaying a graphical program on the display of the first computer system; associating the first program icon into the graphical program in response to user input; configuring the graphical program to invoke execution of the first program on a first device, wherein the first program is stored on the first device, and wherein the graphical program is stored on a second device; displaying the first program icon in the graphical program in response to said associating; wherein the graphical program is operable to access functionality of the first program during execution of the graphical program; wherein, when the graphical program executes on the second device, the graphical program is operable to invoke execution of the first program on the first device.