MPLAB 7.0 on website

Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later tonight
to download it.

Gary Kato wrote:

> Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
> downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later tonight
> to download it.
> 
No longer supports older PICC compilers.

>No longer supports older PICC compilers.

Ah. I don't use C (yet) for PICs. I won't be using 7.0 for my own reason: it
won't install on Windows 98 (non SE).

>> Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
>> downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later
>tonight
>> to download it.
>> 
>No longer supports older PICC compilers.
>
>

That sounds like bad news. Which older PICC compilers are you referring to? 

Gary Kato wrote:
> 
>> No longer supports older PICC compilers.
> 
> Ah. I don't use C (yet) for PICs. I won't be using 7.0 for my own
> reason: it won't install on Windows 98 (non SE).

That sounds very ugly.  Are they keeping older versions available? 
I, for one, will never let the newer Windows on my machines,
because of their EULAs, and because W98 does enough for my
purposes.  Any improvement will have to come via Linux or BSD.

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Ppelectron wrote:
>>>Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
>>>downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later
>>
>>tonight
>>
>>>to download it.
>>>
>>
>>No longer supports older PICC compilers.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> That sounds like bad news. Which older PICC compilers are you referring to? 
> 
If you look in "Project" -> "Set Language Tool Locations" PICC is not 
listed.

"Gary Kato" <garykato@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
> downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later 
> tonight
> to download it.

I've heard that it is rather buggy.


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hamilton wrote:
> Gary Kato wrote:
> 
>> Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
>> downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later 
>> tonight
>> to download it.
>>
> No longer supports older PICC compilers.

You mean it won't drive picc build process or it won't recognise the 
.cod format?

Best Regards,
Mike Page

Mike Page wrote:
> hamilton wrote:
> 
>> Gary Kato wrote:
>>
>>> Just noticed that Microchip Technologies now has MPLAB 7.0 available for
>>> downloading. Don't know how it differs. I'll have to wait until later 
>>> tonight
>>> to download it.
>>>
>> No longer supports older PICC compilers.
> 
> 
> You mean it won't drive picc build process or it won't recognise the 
> .cod format?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Mike Page
If you look in "Project" -> "Set Language Tool Locations" PICC is not 
listed.

I can not run my compiler. So Yes. I can not create a .cod file either.
Can I load a .cod file ??? I don't know, I can not create one.

hamilton wrote:

> Mike Page wrote:
> 
>> hamilton wrote:

>>> No longer supports older PICC compilers.

>> You mean it won't drive picc build process or it won't recognise the 
>> .cod format?

> If you look in "Project" -> "Set Language Tool Locations" PICC is not 
> listed.

Meaning: it doesn't (easily) drive the build process.

> I can not run my compiler. So Yes. I can not create a .cod file either.

Most (or all) PIC compilers can be run from the command line.  Check 
your documentation.

MPLAB doesn't compile -- it edits (same as your everyday editor), starts 
a compiler for you, simulates, debugs (through suitable hardware), and 
programs (through hardware).  The most valuable of these are simulation 
and on-chip debugging.  See if you can run the compiler from the command 
line, setting the proper options to generate a file which MPLAB can use 
to read symbols for debugging.  You should be able to simulate or debug, 
though, even without symbol support, although its harder.

Thad