Hi guys,

Many thanks for you helpful comments.

I am a beginner to Basic but do have some assembler experience, part of the reason at moving to Basic was the fact that USB and GLCD was a more accessible option that could be used in the future.

It just seemed a bit strange that the Pro version did not have such a feature; thought I might have missed something about it when reading up.

While Swordfish does have a good working GLCD sample - as rightly pointed out, it only supports the 18F range, which is my current device, but does raise the question of what happens if they do not extend the range in the years to come.

thanks again,

Richard