In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, Mr_Nuke wrote:

No Peter,
 

It is not Visual Studio that installs those DLL's. Any application that was developed with Visual Studio requires the Visual Studio 2005 redistributable installes. I have several applications that I use that will install the redistributable package (without installing Visual Studio). It seems to be the installation of this package that causes SASM to fail. But I have found the problem to be more complex than that. If, for example, I install Microchip's MPLAB and MCC18 compiler, I will get the same error with SASM. MPLAB uses Visual Studio .NET DLL's, which are not the same as those needed for Visual Studio 2005 apps. Pretty much any application that I install on Vista will cause SASM to stop working.

 

If you look at the disassembly view, you can see that the problem most likely occurs when accesing a null pointer. I still suspect a bug in the SASM code. I believe that, at some pont in the code, the assumption is made that two variables are aligned. This may be true on 32-bit systems, but not necessarily on 64-bit ones. Of course, not having the code, I can only guess.

 

As for a 64-bit computer, any Athlon 64 or Core 2 Duo processor will run a 64-bit OS. Concerning the 64-bit Vista, Microsoft will provide a 64-bit Vista DVD to anyone owning a Vista license (be it 32 or 64 bit) for only $15. So, if Parallax has any of the above, this shouldn't represent a problem.

 

If not... well, then I can only assume that SX-Key is for old computers. I would try and find the problem myself had I had the source code, but I know that is very unlikely to happen. So, my only solution for the moment is to stop my SX development.

 

I've invested quite a bit in my SX development hardware.

 

Sincerely,

Alex G.

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