Newby can't make hex file in MPLAB 8.5 with blink8x.bas program

[ImAnEE]

mackrackit:

Yes, I have read http://www.melabs.com/support/mplab.htm and I believe I followed it quite faithfully but of course I may have missed something.

Acetronics:

No I don't have any HI TECH compiler on my PC. Just to make sure, I did a search for "TIDE" and nothing showed up. Some IDE stuff for x86's such as QNX and LabWindows, but no HI TECH. You say it looks to be a "computer problem" but maybe you mean "operator problem?"

And also to make sure (and in desperation), I reloaded PBP into C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE and ran MPLAB again compiling blinkx.bas, getting no errors but 3 suppressed warnings and it wasn't able to execute "mpasmwin."

Does that mean it can't find mpasmwin, or what? I see it at C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPASM Suite\MPASMWIN.exe and MPLAB "Set Language Tool Locations" is set up for it at that location, C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPASM Suite\MPASMWIN.exe.

Here's what I got after reloading SBP into C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE:

Executing: "C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\PBP\PBPMPLAB.BAT" -ampasmwin -k# -p18F8722 "blinkx.bas"
Executing: "C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\PBP\PBPW.EXE" -ampasmwin -k# -p18F8722 "blinkx.bas"
PICBASIC PRO(TM) Compiler 2.60, (c) 1998, 2009 microEngineering Labs, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

ERROR: Unable to execute mpasmwin.Halting build on first failure as requested.
BUILD FAILED: Fri Apr 23 14:11:40 2010

Thanks for your help. Any other ideas?

[Bruce]

You don't want or need PBP in your MPLAB directory. Drop out to a command prompt and type PATH then hit enter.

Does it show C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPASM Suite in your path?

[ImAnEE]

Bruce,

You're right, Microchip\MPASM Suite wasn't in the PATH. Now all is well, I think. Except that somehow I screwed up MPLAB so I wasn't able to modify my .bas file. It said that it couldn't find the old file in SaveAs or some such goofy thing. So I made a new .bas file and was able to compile it in MPLAB and program the chip. Hopefully no other goofy problem will show up.

I don't understand why the PATH wasn't set up properly. Maybe some problem in the MPLAB install?

Many thanks to you Bruce and to the others who gave me suggestions.