One workaround regarding the problem discussed in this thread:

Use the MPASM 'CODE_PACK' directive, but read Paul's caveat...

(I found this on the Microchip WebBoard)

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Topic:  18Fxxxx data EEPROM initialization (5 of 5), Read 23 times
Conf:  MPASM, MPLINK, MPLIB (assembler, linker, librarian)
From:  Paul Seale paul.seale@microchip.com
Date:  Saturday, September 13, 2003 01:52 PM

You can also use the CODE_PACK directive
if you are using the most recent version of
MPASM. This eliminates all padding:

EEPROM code_pack 0xf00000
de 0x0F,0x17,0x1B,0x1D,0x1E
de 0x8F,0x97,0x9B,0x9D,0x9E
de 0

DIGIT_TIME code_pack 0xF00000+DigitTime
de .85

The catch is that you must use the /o option,
and then use MPLINK to link the object file.
This may require other changes in your
program in order to be compatible with /o mode.

Hope this helps --
Paul Seale
Language Tools Development Team

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