> Since I dont have my target hardware here, I write and test the code in
> the simulation mode.  I thought, having a #define would work to set a
> value for a variable but it doesn't seem to be working.  For example
>
>   #define   farf  d'5'
>
>   when I go do a
>
>   movff  farf,test
>
>   test just gets 0x00
>
>   So i did
>
>   movf  farf,w
>
>   and WREG gets zero (least its consistant)
>
>   I'll try it again when I have hardware to watch in the debugger, but
> curious is it because there really isnt hardware, the #define doesn't
> store?  Figured it would just stick it in ram someplace


It looks like you're putting the contents of location 5 into test and into
w. If you want to put a 5 in test or w, do something like this:

movlw farf
movwf test

Harold
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