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MPLAB

PM3 User’s Guide

3.11 BUILDING THE PROJECT

Select Project>Build All to assemble and link the code. If the code assembled with no

errors, the Output window will look like Figure 3-15.

FIGURE 3-15: BUILD OUTPUT WINDOW

Save your project by selecting File>Save Workspace

If these do not assemble and link successfully, check the following items and then build

the project again:

• Check the spelling and format of the code entered in the Editor window. Make

sure the new variables and the special function registers, TRISC and PORTC, are

in upper case. If the assembler reported errors in the Output window, double click

on the error and MPLAB IDE will open the corresponding line in the source code

with a green arrow in the left margin of the source code window.

• Check that the correct assembler (MPASM assembler) and linker for PICmicro

MCU devices is being used. Select Project>Set Language Tool Locations

. Click

on the plus boxes to expand the Microchip MPASM assembler toolsuite and its

executables. Click MPASM Assembler (mpasmwin.exe) and review their location

in the display. If the location is correct, click Cancel. If it is not, change it and then

click OK. The default search paths can be empty.

Upon a successful build, the output file generated by the language tool will be loaded.

This file contains the object code that can be programmed into a PICmicro MCU and

debugging information so that source code can be debugged, and source variables can

be viewed symbolically in Watch windows.

Now that you’ve built your project successfully, you can prepare for programming your

device.