Unable to execute MPASMX

[Acetronics2]

Hi, Shane

You're right ... the "bug " is confirmed with MPLABX 5.40 ... ( and as always ... no news from Charles@ Melabs ... )

PBP works fine with previous MPLABX 5.35 ...

Alain

[tumbleweed]

Microchip have dropped MPASM/MPASMX as of MPLABX 5.40. It's no longer included.
MPLABX is 64-bit only now, and MPASM is/was a 32-bit program.

They have a new 8-bit assembler, pic-as.exe and it's not compatible with MPASM. You'll have to stick with MPLABX 5.35.

[HenrikOlsson]

Yikes! From the 5.40 relese notes:

· MPLAB X IDE now a 64-bit application only. This version cannot be run on 32-bit operating systems; 64-bit operating systems are required.
· MPASM no longer included in install. MPASM toolchain is 32-bit and is no longer supported. Therefore, you will see a message on opening the IDE that there is no toolchain installed.

This does not sound too promising for the future of our beloved compiler...or does it? Perhaps this will allow (or even push) MeLabs to make the needed changes (though, as much I hate to say it, I personally doubt it).

tumbleweed says that the new assembler isn't compatible with MPASM, I'd like some more details on that, like have they completely changed it so it will no longer be able to assemble a target executable from the .lst file PBP produces?

[Ioannis]

If the .lst file is different now (in the MPLABX IDE environment) for sure there would be no compatibility...

But if the change in the name is the problem, maybe the pic-as.exe can be renamed and the MCS can find it and use it.

I do not have time to download and test this right now. If anyone?

Ioannis

[Ioannis]

Henrik, if the compiler does not support the new PIC's there is no point in updating to new MPLABX assembler, right?

Ioannis