A method for developing an automation client program in a graphical programming environment is disclosed. The graphical programming environment provides a set of automation nodes and controls which may be dropped and wired together to create a graphical program. The nodes include an automation refnum...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US8015542?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8015542 - System and method for creating a graphical program which invokes methods and properties of objects