Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table


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    Default Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table

    Hello everyone,

    MPLAB has suddently stopped compiling my projets, all of them! I get the error "Unable to find symbol name in string table". Tried to Google it and found this:
    All COFF file errors indicate an internal error in the file’s contents. Please contact Microchip support

    I've tried to uninstall/re-install MPLAB & PBP3 without success. Here is what I get exactly:

    Code:
    CLEAN SUCCESSFUL (total time: 63ms)
    make -f nbproject/Makefile-default.mk SUBPROJECTS= .build-conf
    make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/Michel Jasmin/MPLABXProjects/Dummy.X'
    make  -f nbproject/Makefile-default.mk dist/default/production/Dummy.X.production.hex
    make[2]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/Michel Jasmin/MPLABXProjects/Dummy.X'
    gnumkdir -p build/default/production 
    "C:\PBP3\pbpx.exe"  -ampasmx -k# -os -p16f690 Dummy.pbp 
    make[2]: *** [build/default/production/Dummy\.cof] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [.build-conf] Error 2
    make: *** [.build-impl] Error 2
    PICBASIC PRO(TM) Compiler 3.0.7.2, (c) 1998, 2013 microEngineering Labs, Inc.
    All Rights Reserved.
    Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table.
    Errors    : 1
    
    nbproject/Makefile-default.mk:91: recipe for target 'build/default/production/Dummy\.cof' failed
    make[2]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/Michel Jasmin/MPLABXProjects/Dummy.X'
    nbproject/Makefile-default.mk:78: recipe for target '.build-conf' failed
    make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/Michel Jasmin/MPLABXProjects/Dummy.X'
    nbproject/Makefile-impl.mk:39: recipe for target '.build-impl' failed
    
    BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 1s)
    The 3 failures points to :

    Code:
        ${MKDIR} ${OBJECTDIR} 
    
        ${MAKE}  -f nbproject/Makefile-default.mk dist/${CND_CONF}/${IMAGE_TYPE}/Dummy.X.${IMAGE_TYPE}.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
    
        ${MAKE} -f nbproject/Makefile-${CONF}.mk SUBPROJECTS=${SUBPROJECTS} .build-conf
    Does anyone encouter this?

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    Default Re: Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table

    make[2]: *** [build/default/production/Dummy\.cof] Error 1
    I've never seen backslash in file names, is that even allowed?

    Robert


    Edit: shouldn't these be slashes?

    "C:\PBP3\pbpx.exe" -ampasmx -k# -os -p16f690 Dummy.pbp
    Last edited by Demon; - 28th November 2014 at 02:56.

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    Default Re: Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table

    I saw it too, maybe its a part of a regular expression...

    I've opened a webticket on microchip.com, I have no expectation on this...

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    Default Re: Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table

    for what its worth mine looks like this
    make -f nbproject/Makefile-default.mk SUBPROJECTS= .build-conf
    make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Users/rc/Documents/xc8/pbppwm.X'
    make -f nbproject/Makefile-default.mk dist/default/production/pbppwm.X.production.hex
    make[2]: Entering directory `C:/Users/rc/Documents/xc8/pbppwm.X'
    gnumkdir -p build/default/production
    "C:\PBP3\pbpx.exe" -ampasmx -k# -os -p18f45k20 pbppwm.pbp
    PICBASIC PRO(TM) Compiler 3.0.7.4, (c) 1998, 2013 microEngineering Labs, Inc.
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    gnumkdir -p dist/default/production
    cp pbppwm.HEX dist/default/production/pbppwm.X.production.hex
    cp pbppwm.COF dist/default/production/pbppwm.X.production.cof
    rm -f pbppwm.COF
    make[2]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/rc/Documents/xc8/pbppwm.X'
    make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Users/rc/Documents/xc8/pbppwm.X'
    BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 5s)
    Loading code from C:/Users/rc/Documents/xc8/pbppwm.X/dist/default/production/pbppwm.X.production.hex...
    Loading symbols from C:/Users/rc/Documents/xc8/pbppwm.X/dist/default/production/pbppwm.X.production.cof...
    Loading completed
    I find the pbp source file must !!! be in the source folder of the project or it all goes pear shaped

    overall I find mplabx not worth the effort for pbp files , its just my two cents worth

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    Default Re: Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table

    Richard: what IDE are you using? I really don't like mplabx

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    Default Re: Error - Unable to find symbol name in string table

    I bought MicroCode Studio Plus with plans to use the icd but my laptop has no serial ports and I have nothing but trouble getting usb/serial adapters to work reliably with the icd ,4 times out of 5 I get connection timeout and then even if I get it to connect the connection drops out after a while (tried about 4 different ones all had issues). so I gave up on source level debugging and just use MicroCode Studio for pbp now . I find it adequate.
    there is also FineLineIDE kicking around it seemed promising if one is interested in learning something new, I think I have enough on my plate for now

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