James,
        thanks very much for the additional information and stated my problem an
d
the answer I need as well, thanks for the extra information on the possible
problem I hadn't even considered, I will be adopting the code segment you
outlayed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of James Cameron
> Sent: Monday, 4 January 1999 8:26
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Bit test commands and ports
>
>
> Geoff Thornton wrote:
> > It looks like I will have to do a MOVF port,W followed by a BTFSS or
> > BTFSC to achieve what I'm after, thanks for the help, and thank you too
> > Dmitry.
>
> Actually, based on what you have said before, I think what you will end
> up with is something like this ...
>
>         MOVF    port,W
>         MOVWF   port
>         MOVWF   file
>         BTFSS   file,bit
>

Regards Geoff :)
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