Perhaps PBP is more than you actually need then. But blaiming MELABS/PBP for the fact that you don't want to spend the time learning it isn't fair IMHO. You could've browsed the examples and the forum and the manual before spending the cash which would've brought you the same conclusion you're now at - that it's not for you, and that's fine if that's really how you feel.

However, PBP is definitely not harder to learn than other programming languages but it does take some effort and you do need a general understanding of how the peripherals in the PIC works - which the datasheets generally explains in quite some detail.

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck with Flowcode and wellcome back here when it no longer does what you need. There's nothing wrong in using both you know.

/Henrik.