17. The method of claim 16 , the functional objects include one or more of a comparison object and a mathematical operator object.
16. A method for remotely monitoring or controlling an I/O module comprising the following computer-executable acts: providing a homepage with respect to a network adaptor, the homepage is accessible by way of the Internet and the network adaptor is configured to communicate with the I/O module; providing an editor applet within the homepage; automatically creating an HTML Netlist of functional objects provided to the editor applet, the Netlist configured to at least one of control and monitor the I/O module, where the HTML Netlist conveys relationships between the functional objects; saving the created HTML Netlist in a project file format for later selection on at least one of a local drive and network drive; and purchasing additional functional objects for use by the editor applet for at least one of creating or editing web pages.