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  1. - 10th April 2007, 04:56 #1
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    Default PBP, Vista and MPLAB

    Hello,

    despite my efforts to install PBP with MPLAB IDE under Windows Vista I have been unsuccesful.

    Can anybody tell me or point me to the right way to do this?

    I've tried changing the system PATH and installed the PBTools, but so far I cannot see the melabs tool tool suite in the "Set Language Tool Locations" window.

    I will really appreciate your help.

    I am running MPLAB 7.50, PBP 2.46a and Vista Bussiness.

    Thanks in advance, Gabriel
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    i'm having the same problem..I've been hoping someone would post a response to your question. By chance have you found a resolution?

    Thanks,

    Sam
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    VISTA
    Will be probably good enough in 2077

    Did you tried it with MicroCodeStudio?

    Did you contact Melabs?

    Sorry... i don't have Vista... still afraid of For now, i will suggest you to trash it, and reinstall XP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mister_e View Post
    VISTA
    Will be probably good enough in 2077

    Did you tried it with MicroCodeStudio?

    Did you contact Melabs?

    Sorry... i don't have Vista... still afraid of For now, i will suggest you to trash it, and reinstall XP.
    Mister_e, you've given Vista a serious hard knock there. Wondering if you might be willing to "elaborate" a bit on your dislikes about it.
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    It's just my own opinion based on many post i saw here and there + blend mix of local people i know here. But like everything... you hear more about bad comments than good.

    I don't like to use MicroSoft product within at least 1-2 years after their initial Official release date. But it's me.
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    I havent used Vista properly yet and have no intention of installing it on any of my PCs. In fact I think only one of my PCs would actually meet the required specification.

    I have seen the glitzy interface on PCs in the shops but at the moment XP Pro does everything I want my PC to do.

    I have used a Vista machine once when I was trying to sort out a friends email problems. The first hurdle I encountered was that I couldnt see "Run" anywhere on the start menu.

    Flash of inspiration..."WindowsKey + R" rings up the Run dialogue box. Type "cmd" and got a command prompt. Great

    Type "Telnet"

    'Telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

    At that point I went to the XP machine in the same room to use Telnet

    I have seen reports that sevral of the programs that are important to me will not run on Vista so for the time being I am steering well clear of it.

    I dont see the point in upgrading just for the sake of it
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    Quote Originally Posted by millersamsr View Post
    i'm having the same problem..I've been hoping someone would post a response to your question. By chance have you found a resolution?

    Thanks,

    Sam
    Actually yes, I made it work. The problem is that I don't remember what I did.
    I believe I set it to run (MPLAB and PBPW) as WinXP compatible, but I don't remember what else I did. I will check my computer with Vista later today and if I remember what I did I will post it here (right now I am at the WinXP computer).
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    i don't know how much how much this will help ...
    Quote Originally Posted by http://www.melabs.com/support/mplab.htm
    Next, download the following plugins zip file and extract its contents into your PBP installation folder. The path is usually "C:\PBP". Once extracted, run the file "PBregister.bat" (Start - Run - C:\PBP\PBregister.bat). (WINDOWS VISTA users may need to right-click the bat file in My Computer or Windows Explorer and select "Run As Administrator".

    Restart MPLAB for the changes to take effect.
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    Yes, I believe that is what I did.

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    gabrielg74 and mister_e,

    I had already tried both of your suggestions, but to no avail. I'll be contacting both MELabs and Microchip for suggestions.

    Thank you both,

    Sam
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    Default Got it working in VISTA...

    I copied the PBP plugin files into the ...\Microchip\MPASM Suite folder and the run the BAT file as Administrator, after that it was registered in MPLAB IDE.

    Keep PICing...
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    Hi all,
    Yeh, I am in the same boat as well.
    New laptop, Vista Home Premium.
    Ive installed from cd Microcode Studio Plus 2.3.0.0
    The Complier (PBP 2.45), Assembler (MPASM) and Programmer (Epic 2.44) have all been setup in ... View/Compile and Program options.... area.

    When I run the Microcode Studio Plus program I get this little error message popup.....
    " List index out of bounds (11) "
    and the program closes.
    I run it a second time and it loads up ok,
    so I open a *.bas file and try a complie (with the correct chip file eg: p16f876a)
    Then I get THIS error popup.....
    " Cannot create file run.bat. "

    ANY advice will be most welcome,

    regards
    Shaun Woods
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    Lucky me I still not have that Beautiful Vista here

    More than often, people solve most problem by raising their software privilege to Administrator (run as administrator).

    http://www.optimizingpc.com/vista/co..._software.html

    And it's more likely due to an older version as per Mecanique
    http://www.mecanique.co.uk/code-studio/history.html
    Last edited by mister_e; - 28th January 2009 at 22:40.
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    Thanks for your help mister_e.
    As soon as I get Vista running again, yes it went haywire etc. reformat was needed.
    Might consider installing XP methinks

    cheers
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    I have MCS, & PBP in vista 32 home edition, installed as admin ( I think you are supposed to intall all that way), works fine. It is not running in compatibility mode. HTH
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