> Is there a way to get the configurationbits in the hexfile > within mplabs? I think you are confusing the compiler and the MPLAB programmer support. You must check how to set the fuses in your compiler. If all else fails you could use xwisp to add fuses info to a hex file, and still use bubmblebee, like xwisp read fuses write Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.