Assuming you are using MPASM
This error is translated in the MPASM USER'S GUIDE as
"Program words for the PIC16C5X may only be 12-bits;
program words for the PIC16CXX may only be 14-bits."
Well that don't make much sense, actually here in this case.
So you and I do something different.  I use MPLAB 4.12.00
My sequence for doing things is:

;********************************************************
display_data code
   global ASCII_STRING

ASCII_STRING db "This is a string!",0

   end ;end of display data

;*******************************************************

I don't even tell MPASM what processor I am using.
So what's the deal?
BTW: The indention is important too.

Now I'm at a loss.
Walt...

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas C. Sefranek [mailto:tcs@CMCORP.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 2:02 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Ascii constants


Message[303]: Program word too large.  Truncated to core size. (4420)
Message[303]: Program word too large.  Truncated to core size. (6F00)
0005 0420 2F00      00078 Init_Done       DB      "D o",0

Notice it cast the white space into an ASCII space (0x20)
so no magic in spaces.

"Quitt, Walter" wrote:

> Looks like you use single ( ' ) quotes.
> I use double ( " ).
> Singles, I recall are for things like:
> J_Char db A'J'
> or
> Hex_Num db H'FF'
> Those define SINGLE bytes
> Sequences or Strings of bytes are delimited by double quotes.

The real problem is the assembler trying to pack 2 characters into a
word!

>
>
> What the error message is telling, I believe, is that it is
> taking the sequence you want and trying to fit it into the
> word size of the processor core you are using.  And it don't
> fit so it truncates if for you and tells you about it.

Yes, I understand that, BUT...
I still can not create a Character string in sequential program memory
words,
(Text) Short of declaring each memory word as Hex.
(I'm beginning to believe it can not be done!)

>
>
> GL,
> Walt...

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