Patent ID: 7302675

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for creating a graphical program, the method comprising: creating a first graphical program using a graphical programming development environment, wherein said creating comprises interconnecting at least two of a first plurality of graphical program nodes or icons, wherein the first graphical program comprises the first plurality of interconnected graphical program nodes or icons which graphically represents functionality of the first graphical program, and wherein the first graphical program is executable by a computer system to perform the functionality; storing the first graphical program in a memory; and associating a debugging graphical program at a debugging location in the first graphical program, wherein said associating does not modify the functionality of the first graphical program, wherein the debugging graphical program comprises a second plurality of interconnected graphical program nodes or icons that graphically represents functionality of the debugging graphical program wherein the debugging graphical program was created using the graphical programming development environment; wherein the debugging graphical program is executable during execution of the first graphical program to aid in debugging at least a portion of the first graphical program.