If you are using CCS "C" then the delay_ms() function only supports 8-bit
variables as the parameter, 16-bit values have to be constants. The maximum
delays available are 255mS using a variable and 65535mS for a constant. If
you need longer delays you can put the delay inside a "for" loop.

To make a 16-bit value more maintainable you can use a preprocessor define
instead of a variable:
#define A_DELAY 100
#define B_DELAY 359
#define C_DELAY 7890
delay_ms(A_DELAY);
delay_ms(B_DELAY);
delay_ms(C_DELAY);

To use a variable with the default data type assignments you would do this:
int a = 100;
delay_ms(a);

Paul

>  i'm using a 16F877 PIC.
>  I've written a small program in C.
>  It is divided in 8 states, and each has it's own delay. I'm using
> delay_ms()
>  to specify the delay.
>  I wanted to define lets say a=100, b=359, c=7890, so in the program i can
>  write delay_ms(a), delay_ms(b),delay_ms(c) etc, instead of writing tha
>  actual number in seconds. I tried defining: long int a =
> 100(didint work),
>  and later saw in the manual that delay_ms() is expecting a number in
>  milliseconds.
>
>  Is there a simple way to get aroound it ?

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