Let me sort out what you're saying. Firewing first.

"anything that can compile code for an 18F26K22 can be used with the Firewing pic18 board"

So. If it is programmed will that wipe out bootloader?

Leads to: Then it is unusable as one click programmable in Firewing and Swordfish compiler?

" bootloader to interface to anything other than their intended IDE can be a problem"

Okay. That's what post is about. How is that problem solved?

One way it looks like is to just wipeout boot loader and program Firewing as PIC that's on it.

We can live with that.