In general, compilers are dealt with as an external application- I haven't used CCS, I expect it to be similar- MPLAB X generates a command line, runs it, and waits for it to return. This was done intentionally- it allows you to maintain different versions of the compiler without having to do an installation cycle. Matt Bennett Just outside of Austin, TX 30.51,-97.91 The views I express are my own, not that of my employer, a large multinational corporation that you are familiar with. On Tue, May 14, 2013 9:18 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > Is't this more or less plain standard handling in the > Eclipse IDE environment? That is, all tool setup in > MLPABX is built on standard Eclipse. > > Jan-Erik. > > > > Ruben J=F6nsson wrote 2013-05-14 15:41: >> Don't know about CCS and have never used it but in MPLAB X, >> Tools->Options->Embedded button->Build Tools tab you can add new tools >> by >> pointing MPLABX to the directory with the tool. Perhaps you don't need >> to move >> it. >> >> Here is also a PDF that might help: >> >> Although this discusses a third party plugin tool... >> >> /Ruben >> >> >>> Been dropped in at the deep end here, so I'm hoping that someone here >>> may have walked this path already... >>> >>> In theory, is it possible to just move the CCS compiler folder from its >>> old Win environment, to an appropriate place that MPLAB-X knows about? >>> Or will there be more to it than this? >>> >>> I've asked CCS tech support, but who knows when they'll get back to me! >>> >>> Thanks all --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .