I've checked through the entire list of .inc files on my computer. It took ages as there are a lot and the number of header files for PICs were very small, just the odd one here and there from various projects on my computer. There is no folder on my computer with an exhaustive list of header files for every single microcontroller. I'm sure there must be a place to download them as and when I need them but I cant find anything on the microchip website

 

I have not used the MPASM Assembler. Does it come in different family flavors like the C compilers? Are there any other 16F header files that you can see?


Maybe you can down load it again and see if the header file is in there?

No not to my knowledge. You just type your code in assembler, include the header file at the bottom, and it works. I didnt need to choose between any different flavours and this is the one that comes preinstalled on MPLAB

 

BTW I found your header file in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microchip\MPLABX\mpasmx. File name is P16F887.INC. I suspect that is the one you want?

I am using Windows 7. I can upload the file if you want but I suspect you are missing other files too.

 

There is no such download. As I say, it is contained in the MPLAB package. And yes the directory obviously includes ALL PICs.

I have more than one XC8, so I get a lot of files actually.

In MPLABX, you can make it locate the file where a definition is made. For that of course it must have been included successfully already.

Also MPLABX no longer explicitely includes named header files.

Not sure about assembler however.

If you have a doubt, reinstall and specify a directory and all files will be in there.

 

I'm sure there must be a place to download them as and when I need them but I cant find anything on the microchip website

If I recall I got the inc when I downloaded the MPLAB install. Or maybe it was installed with the c18 compiler. But that is pretty much a,, I installed. .

 

Can you locate the install folder for the MPLAB.exe file?

 

Yes I have located the Microchip folder with the .exe file and the MPASM directory. I dont have MPLABX though I Have MPLAB 8.88 so which directory should I look in?

 

Yes I have located the Microchip folder with the .exe file and the MPASM directory. I dont have MPLABX though I Have MPLAB 8.88 so which directory should I look in?

In the ".............\Microchip\MPASM Suite" folder two steps up from there the MPLAB.exe file is

 

Yes I have located the Microchip folder with the .exe file and the MPASM directory. I dont have MPLABX though I Have MPLAB 8.88 so which directory should I look in?

How about looking into all directories if you are not sure? Besides, MPLAB is legacy. Is it a problem to download some 200 MByte?

The assembler includes are always done without directory. So if you use MPLABX, you can actually locate these files with the context menu. MPLAB can't do that.

 

In the ".............\Microchip\MPASM Suite" folder two steps up from there the MPLAB.exe file is

Ah excellent yes they are all there thanks

 

Ah excellent yes they are all there thanks

As I said on post #5 some 5 days ago.

You're welcome.

 

Yeh the problem is a lot of the program files are not in the program files folder so I hadnt realised the program files are contained in two different places at once. For some reason these files werent showing up on searches aswell

 

btw why are some header files .h and some .inc

 

dot h are for C

dot inc are for assembly