Will PBP work in Vista64?

[Countryman]

If I'm right, and as per your error message, PM assembler is build in 16 bit, and Vista 64 can't cope with 16 Bits. MPASM assembler (which come with MPLAB) should be build in 32 bits, this is something Vista 64 should handle.

Well, that's my own and personal understanding of it. I never use PM as assembler, but MPASM.

I guess one day Melabs may release PM in 32bits, or just suggest to use MPASM instead OR have MPASM installed in.

In MicroCode Studio, click on View > Compile and program option >> Assempler and check 'use MPASM' box. That should do the trick... finger crossed.

Hi Steve,

It worked (I think)! I carried out your suggestion and the prog went off and found 'MPASM'. It couldn't find my programmer though (PICkit 2) but I guess that this is a seperate issue. I loaded one of the demo files and, after I made a few changes and re-named it, it went off and generated an 'asm' file. This opened fine in MPLAB IDE.

If 'PM.exe' doesn't work and I am using 'MPLAB' to generate code do I actually need to buy 'PICBASIC' or merely 'MicroCode Studio'? There's a big difference in price!!

Many thanks for your patient help, it is greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

[mister_e]

You can use MicroCode Studio free version. Unless you purchase a specific bundle, PICBasic Pro compiler come with the Free Version of MicroCode Studio. MicroCode Studio is just the code editor.

MicroCode Studio PLUS offer the ICD feature + Bootloader firmwares. To start, you may don't need those feature.

You could still do everything in MPLAB if you want, but still you need to buy PICBASIC compiler. MPLAB have some feature that MicroCode Studio don't have. On the Other hand, MicroCode Studio have some feature that MPLAB don't have, first one being Serial communicator + Ability to add a new programmer with command line.

In MicroCode Studio, you want to manually point the IDE to your MPASM installation folder. usually c:\program files\MicroChip\Mpasm suite

Same thing when you add a third party programmer such as PICFlash, PICKIT 2 and so on.

Now if you hesitate between PICBASIC and PICBASIC PRO... if you have the cash for PICBASIC PRO, then do it, it will save you load of headaches.

[Countryman]

You can use MicroCode Studio free version. Unless you purchase a specific bundle, PICBasic Pro compiler come with the Free Version of MicroCode Studio. MicroCode Studio is just the code editor.

MicroCode Studio PLUS offer the ICD feature + Bootloader firmwares. To start, you may don't need those feature.

You could still do everything in MPLAB if you want, but still you need to buy PICBASIC compiler. MPLAB have some feature that MicroCode Studio don't have. On the Other hand, MicroCode Studio have some feature that MPLAB don't have, first one being Serial communicator + Ability to add a new programmer with command line.

In MicroCode Studio, you want to manually point the IDE to your MPASM installation folder. usually c:\program files\MicroChip\Mpasm suite

Same thing when you add a third party programmer such as PICFlash, PICKIT 2 and so on.

Now if you hesitate between PICBASIC and PICBASIC PRO... if you have the cash for PICBASIC PRO, then do it, it will save you load of headaches.

Thanks Steve, this has helped a lot concerning my purchasing decision.

[mister_e]

Great,
hope to see you here again soon.