Microcode studio will not compile

[Alexey]

Something happened to my Microcide Studio MCSPX - when I try to compile it only says "Success" on the bottom but does not create any files. No Assembler window appears. Also PBP does not tell that long words used. Tried to reinstall PBP3 and MCSPX - no result.

Is this a known issue? Would be nice to have other solution than reinstalling windows. This happened after I reinstalled MPLABX and installed MPLAB 8

Thank you

[mackrackit]

Being that you are using windows and MCS there is no reason to fool around with MPLABX.

Uninstall MPLAB, all versions and any of the crap that came with MPLABX.

Re-install PBP, MCS, and the MPLAB from MELabs. Get things back to a standard.

[Darrel Taylor]

Alexey,

Go to the Windows Start menu > All Programs > PBP3 from melabs > PBP Activation Manager.
Check the Deactivate checkbox, and click the Deactivate button.

Open the activation manager again and re-enter your name, email and activation key.
Press the Activate button.

If you don't have your activation key, you can log into your account at melabs.com and go to Order history.

[mackrackit]

So you are saying the bug is in the PBP Activation Manager?

[Alexey]

Dave, Taylor, thank you,

Tailor, you were quite right, it was registration problem. When I started the registration manager it said something about a lost data, I unregistered and reregistered (and also reinstalled between - just in case any other files were damaged) and now it is OK again (suprize - even MplabX works which did not work on this computer even when all other things were working:).

Dave, I like some things in MPLABX but you are right, it has bugs so far so I used it but had troubles at the same time. What I like in it is long "Undo" chain, individual configutation for every project, also I use ICD3 and PICKit3 which I can not use in MCS. Loading existing .hex file is not convenient in MPLABX. After some troubles I decided to stop using MPLABX and wait for some time. Navigation in PBP code is better in MCS, this is for sure. I saw people use Pickit2 with MCS. Do you know if Pickit 3 can be used?

Gentlemen, thank you for help, Best regards,

Alexey

[mackrackit]

I still do not have a PicKit 3 but there should not be a problem
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=12108&p=80537#post80537
And you may want to look at Norm's code editor (Fine Line), it is really nice and appears to have PicKit 3 parameters built in.

[Alexey]

Thank you Dave, will try tomorrow

Alexey

[Darrel Taylor]

So you are saying the bug is in the PBP Activation Manager?

We don't really know how it happens at this point.
It's not the activation manager, because it never runs unless you are activating/deactivating.

The activation information is encoded into the registry, and something is corrupting that information.
It could be registry cleaners finding entries it doesn't know about, or any number of other possibilities.

Of the 7 or 8 people that have had the issue ... once they get a fix, we don't hear from them again.
So it's difficult to isolate it since we and 99.999% of everyone else never has the problem.

Alexey,

It might help if you could provide information about your computer, operating system, antivirus being used and if you use any registry cleaners, hijackthis or other malware detectors.

[Alexey]

Hello Darrel,

The comoputer on which I had the problem is Windows 7 Starter on Acer Aspire one D255 netbook with 2 Gb RAM. I do not use registry cleaners but use Kaspersky Internet Security 2012. As Dave mentioned not to be a good thing, I also play (ed) with MPLABX in the past which might be another reason.

Dave, thank you for the link on how to attach PICKit3 to MCS, it works fine. I did not see the Fine Line so far, will google it and try

Gentlemen,

Thank you again, best regards,

Alexey

[Darrel Taylor]

Thanks for the information Alexey!
That helps.

[Normnet]

Dave, I did not see the Fine Line so far, will google it and try

Gentlemen,

Thank you again, best regards,

Alexey

See fourm at FineLineIDE forum (http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14100) and download at FineLineIDE. (http://www.norm-online.net/FineLineIDE.php)

FineLineIDE draws brackets to matching IF..EndIf, Repeat..Until terms etc. for easy reading of nested code.
Also auto saves, code collapses and auto indents to name a few.
See the video at the download site.

Coming soon finds unused labels, variables etc. with option to select and auto delete.
Also nameable bookmarks.

FineLineIDE.exe is a cut, copy, paste and delete file with no registry entries for portability and easy updating.
FineLineIDE is a stand alone program not to be confused with FineLine Plugin or FineLine Viewer.

Norm

[Alexey]

Thank you Norm, I will try. Brackets is definitely something which makes life much easier. Does fineline plugin exist for PBB?

[Normnet]

Thank you Norm, I will try. Brackets is definitely something which makes life much easier. Does fineline plugin exist for PBB?

FineLineIDE is the newest of the FineLines replacing FineLine Plugin and FineLine Viewer.


Norm

[Normnet]

Thank you Norm, I will try. Brackets is definitely something which makes life much easier. Does fineline plugin exist for PBB?
Yes, download includes both PBP and Proton+.
Select in options.

Norm

[PerlNoerd]

Hi

I have the problem described in post 1. I have also tried all the solutions in post 1, 2, 3. Nothing works. Nothing changes.

I have programmed PBP code for years. Can't proceed because of this.

Running PBP 3.0.8.0 Gold Edition in MicroCode Studio.

/ Jacob

[PerlNoerd]

Oh I see. It's an isolated MicroCode Studio problem.

I can compile well from the command line and in MPLAB.

I think my MicroCode Studio was damaged after playing with one of these:
http://www.sfcompiler.co.uk/swordfish/
http://www.firewing.info/pmwiki.php?n=Firewing.Download

/ Jacob