How do I disassemble?

[thasatelliteguy]

I keep reading posts on the web that say go to mplab, import your hex file, then goto View->Disassembly Listing but it doesn't work. Nothing ever comes up inside the window... just blankness. I am supposed to see basically the same thing as my whatever.lst file right? So how do I get it to do that? I must be missing a step somewhere...

[Demon]

I never used MPLAB. Does it have a Help feature, or forum?

Robert

[Acetronics2]

I think you can't get this from a single Hex file ...

here you only can see .asm disassembly file ( W/o comments nor source )
FILE/IMPORT ... Then VIEW/Program file

if you want the VIEW/ disassembly window ... you need the whole project to have been compiled before !

Alain

[thasatelliteguy]

I understand that I will not be able to decompile, but everywhere I look, it says I should be able to disassemble. I know I'm gonna get assembly language back, but I can read assembly, I cannot read hex...

[Dave]

Use MPLAB to look at the Program memory after loading the hex file.

[Demon]

You shouldn't need anything else besides the hex file.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompiler

The problem is that decompilers don't all translate back to the same version of assembler.

You can do it, you just need all the proper tools.

Robert

[thasatelliteguy]

You shouldn't need anything else besides the hex file.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompiler

The problem is that decompilers don't all translate back to the same version of assembler.

You can do it, you just need all the proper tools.

Robert

Ok, we seem to be mixing terms tho... I was under the impression that when it comes to MC programming, that there is a distinct difference betwteen disassemble and decompile. Correct me if I am under the wrong idea, but I thought the reason disassembly is possible is because assembly is standardized more than with normal type programming for software. The way I understand it, we are really kind of double translating or double compiling on pic unless we want to learn to write in assembly. ie.. PBP3--> assembly--> hex or C--> assembly--> hex or Proton --> assembly--> hex, and this is why disassembly is usually possible even if decompile probly wont be....

[Demon]

Use MPLAB to look at the Program memory after loading the hex file.

Dave, does this show contents in hex?

If yes, is there a way to export and then convert into MPLAB assembler?

(a tool could already be available for all I know)

Robert

[Dave]

It does show it in assembly.