Try the alternative constuct of:

<label> db A'D',A' ',A'0',H'00'

This is valid syntax too.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas C. Sefranek [mailto:tcs@CMCORP.COM]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:35 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Ascii constants


"Quitt, Walter" wrote:

> Assuming you are using MPASM

V02.13

>
> 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...
>

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