Automatically configuring a graphical user interface element to bind to a graphical program

A system for configuring a user interface for a graphical program, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory medium coupled to the processor, wherein the memory medium stores a program instructions which are executable by the processor to:
• receive user input associating a graphical user interface element from a first graphical program development environment with a first graphical program element in a graphical program created in a second graphical program development environment, wherein the second graphical program development environment is different from the first graphical program development environment;
• and
• automatically configure a communication link between the first graphical program element and the graphical user interface element in response to said associating, wherein, after said configuring, the graphical user interface element and the graphical program element operate cooperatively during execution of the graphical program.

A method for configuring a user interface for a graphical program, the method comprising:

• selecting a graphical user interface element from a first graphical program development environment;
• associating the graphical user interface element with a first graphical program element created in a second graphical program development environment, wherein the second graphical program development environment is different from the first graphical program development environment;
• displaying a graphical program created in the second graphical program development environment;
• adding the graphical program element to the graphical program;
• and
• automatically configuring a communication link between the first graphical program element and the graphical user interface element, wherein, after said configuring, the graphical user interface element and the first graphical program element operate cooperatively during execution of the graphical program.

A method for configuring a user interface for a graphical program, the method comprising:

• displaying a graphical program created in a first graphical program development environment;
• selecting a first graphical program element from a first graphical program development environment;
• receiving user input invoking creation of a first graphical user interface element from a second graphical program development environment, wherein the second graphical program development environment is different from the first graphical program development environment, and wherein the first graphical user interface element is compatible with the selected first graphical program element;
• automatically creating the first graphical user interface element in the second graphical program development environment;
• automatically configuring a communication link between the first graphical program element and the first graphical user interface element, wherein, after said configuring, the first graphical user interface element and the first graphical program element operate cooperatively during execution of the graphical program.