System and method for providing client/server access to graphical programs
US6102965A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B19/0426
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A graphical programming development system for creating a graphical program client, wherein the graphical program client is operable to programmatically access or invoke functionality of graphical programming applications or graphical programs. In one embodiment, the method provides a set of VI Server function nodes and controls which a user employs to create a client graphical program. The client executes in a computer which includes a display screen and a user input device. In one embodiment, the client performs instrumentation control functions. The user can thus create diagrams in a graphical programming system, e.g. LabVIEW, that get/set properties and invoke operations on both graphical programming applications and graphical programs (VIs) within the respective user's local version of LabVIEW as well as on other copies of LabVIEW or graphical programs on a network, such as a TCP/IP network.
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