Compiling for 18F26K22 - Does anyone have a solution for me?

[Balachandar]

Thanks Henrik, for your helpful suggestion.

The compiler is installed in C:\MPASM and there is no other version residing anywhere else. MCS also shows under 'Compile and Program Options' that the assembler is located in this folder.

I installed MPLAB 8.87 today precisely for the purpose of getting the "P18F26K22.INC" file which I copied on to C:\MPASM folder. Yes, there is a possibility that this inc file is not compatible with the MPASMWIN.EXE (from MELabs) that I am using. So I copied the MPASMWIN.EXE file provided by MPLAB to my C:\MPASM folder and tried to compile. But no luck, I get similar error messages and compiling is not successful.

- Bala

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
Since you now have MPLAB 8.87 installed make sure you point MCS to the MAPSMWIN.EXE installed with THAT version instead of the "original" (or copied) one in C:\MPASM, there might be other support files in the new MPLAB installation that's needed so simply copying the "new" MPASMWIN.EXE into the old installation might not be enough.

If all fails uninstall ALL MPLAB installations and reinstall 8.87 to its default location (don't just install MPASM), then make sure the assembler selction in MCS points to that location.

/Henrik.

[Balachandar]

Hi Henrik,

Thanks a million. Tried your suggestion and it worked like a charm! You hit the nail on the head.

I changed the assembler folder in MCS from C:\MPASM where Mpasm 5.2 from MELabs was installed, to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microchip\Mpasm suite and hit the Compile button. After a few seconds, I saw in the left hand bottom corner that pleasant message "Success: 134 bytes used."

I got my 18F26K22 samples a year ago and at that time I tried to compile a program for this PIC trying different techniques, but finally gave up. Thanks for your help, now I can look forward to spending several hours playing with this PIC.

Regards,
Bala