Lawrence,

You may want to go into the properties for you novell client and be sure
"True Commit" is turned on. I have seen this help with certain programs
writing files to a netware file server.



On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Lawrence Lile wrote:

> I have had every problem imaginable with MPLAB 6.
>
> THe "magic cookie" problem results from MPLAB's inability to write project
> files on my Novell network drive.  The magic cookie in question is a key
> code in the project file, and since the project file is always blank,
> there is no such thing.  I had to start saving my work on my local hard
> drive, a bad idea if I ever have a hard drive crash, to get MPLAB 6 to
> work.  MCHIP has no solution as of yet, nor could they even duplicate the
> problem when I last talked with them.
>
> MPLAB 6's simulation confuses me.  I had two different projects where the
> cursor did not move at all in the source file.  These same projects
> simulated as I expected in MPLAB 5.7.  Other times, MPLAB 6 seemed to
> simulate correctly.  I don't trust it.  MCHIP has no explanation for this.
>
>
> I also identified a series of small bugs quite easily, by banging on the
> program in various ways that should be legal.  I dutifully reported these
> on the MPLAB board on the MCHIP site.  For instance, if you task switch
> out of MPLAB, sometimes the simulator will begin wildly executing
> instructions just like the old "animate" command.  I saw this twice out of
> about ten tests.
>
> There are several handy features that are no longer available, such as
> "animate".
>
> My conclusion was to avoid MPLAB 6 until it gets a little more stable, or
> until I start developing with a part that requires it.   I also drive a
> 1989 pickup, so that tells you how I think.   Some others have had
> complete success with MPLAB 6.
>
>
> -- Lawrence Lile
> Senior Project Engineer
> Toastmaster, Inc.
>
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>
> Dennis Crawley <proyectosenpic@YAHOO.COM.AR>
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> 03/06/2003 09:24 AM
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>         To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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>         Subject:        Re: [PIC]: MPLAB 6
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>
> Hi, Ihsan,
> uninstall MPLAB and install it again.
> I also have a message like MPLAB doesn't find a "Magic Cookie". But
> reinstallation works just fine.
>
> Dennis.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ihsan Cicek" <ihsanc@SU.SABANCIUNIV.EDU>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:35 AM
> Subject: [PIC]: MPLAB 6
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have started to use MPLAB 6.0 but when I build a porject with success
> a
> > pop-up message
> > indicates that : The file C:\picasm\serial\serial.COD could not be
> loaded
> > because the format as
> > indicated by its extension was not recognized.
> >
> > (I don't understand why it does not recognize the file extension which
> is
> > already associated with MPLAB in Windows. I checked the extension and it
> was
> > associated with MPLAB.)
> >
> > And after this when I step into simulation my code dosent seem to work.
> But
> > in MPLAB 5.7 it was simulating fine. Can anyone help me about overcoming
> > this problem?
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Ihsan
>
>
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