Dear list I am at my wits end. Can someone please explain to me why MPASM won't allow me to do the following: LIST P=16F874 include p16F874.inc EXTERN RX, jump CODE RECEIVE_BYTE ..... bsf jump,RX ; set bit for jump ...... return end I keep getting this error when trying to make an object file Error[151] E:\OBJECT\MAST232O.ASM 35 : Operand contains unresolvable labels or is too complex Stephan