I am having similar problems trying to get an LCD working on EasyPIC3 from Mikroelectronika Board using PBP and 18F452 MCU. Although i can get the LED to blink , I cannot get the LCD to work. Can you help.

EasyPIC3 Development Board Configuration -
D4 - RB4
D5 - RB5
D6 - RB6
D7 - RB7
RS - RB2
E - RB3
RW - GND

My Code:

DEFINE OSC 8

' HARDWARE DEFINES
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Define LCD pins

DEFINE LCD_BITS 4
DEFINE LCD_LINES 2
DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_DBIT 4
DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 2
DEFINE LCD_EREG PORTB
DEFINE LCD_EBIT 3

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
TRISA = %111111 'INITIALIZE PORT DIRECTIONS
TRISB = %00000000
TRISC = %10101001
TRISD = %00000011
TRISE = %00000111
Adcon1 = 7 ' Set PORTA DIGITAL
INTCON2.7=1 ' DISABLE Pull-Up's
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
PAUSE 500

Lcdout $fe , 1 , "EasyPIC3 DEV"
LCDOut $FE,$C0, "Board v1A"
PAUSE 2000

END