> Have you looked to see if Olins command line whatsit could be > modified to do what you want? No, I haven't > But I suspect the easiest way if you have to start from scratch > may be to get a demo C compiler for this bit Hmmm, C has always been on the back burner (have HighTech), and not sure if I want to face another learning curve just at the moment. Good suggestion though, and C is maybe something I should have gotten around to earlier, but you know how it is. You look up, it's Xmas again and the to-do list isn't any shorter > Of course the other way to deal with this is to do the translation in > an HLL (could even be GWBasic - shudder) in a PC, and send a > suitable hex string to the PIC. I have done this before No PC involved unfortunately, this is completely stand-alone -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist