G'day All,
This is the first time I have attempted to use Picstart with MCSP. Have just paid a few $'s for the Picstart upgrade so that I can burn 18F4550's, so it looks like I may have to buy a programmer that MCSP can drive.
Have emailed Mecanique for their comment, as it appears there is a chance the Picstart is supported.
So will do the editing in MCSP and download hex in MPLAB.

The one good thing out of this post is that I now know how to post correctly.

Tks for everyone's help.