Hello Olin & PIC.ers, >Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:35:27 -0500 >From: Olin Lathrop >Subject: Re: [PIC:] 18F452, MPLINK and Macros. Bogged down. > >jsand wrote: >> 3. Herd the macros > macros.asm >> right? >> >> *Wrong* >> Macros are not code as such, > >If you put macros in a separately assembled file, then how did you not get >assembly errors in the other source files every time you tried to use a >macro? > > Sure, I had errors all over the place. Heaps of them coming out of my ears, couldn't walk for tripping over more piles spilling out of the pc... It was clearly no use just trying to clear the errors one at a time, it wasn't tackling the root cause. The gist is that there was so little given by way of clues as to what the underlying problem really was. Could all this go into an appropriate FAQ someplace, and maybe spare the next punter ? (Feel free, I claim no copyright !) best regards, John email from the desk of John Sanderson. JS Controls, PO Box 1887, Boksburg 1460, Rep. of S. Africa. Tel/Fax 011 893 4154, Cell 082 741 6275, web http://www.jscontrols.co.za Manufacturer & purveyor of laboratory force testing apparatus & related products & services. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads