User`s guide

MPLAB

IDE User’s Guide

7.2.1 Selecting the Language Toolsuite

Once a workspace is opened, a toolsuite can be selected from Project>Select

Language Toolsuite. In some cases, MPLAB IDE will know where the various

executables for the toolsuite are located, but sometimes these will need to be set

manually before MPLAB IDE can use the tools.

FIGURE 7-1: SELECTING A TOOLSUITE

If the selected toolsuite has red X’s to the left of the toolsuite components, that means

that MPLAB IDE does not know where the executables are. You will have to enter the

full path and executable name by typing it in or browsing to the proper executable.

7.2.2 Locating Microchip Language Toolsuites

Microchip toolsuites and their locations are described below.

Microchip MPASM Toolsuite

This toolsuite includes the language tools MPASM assembler, MPLINK object linker

and MPLIB object librarian. The executables for these files are mpasmwin.exe,

mplink.exe and mplib.exe and are located in the mchip_suite subdirectory of

the main Microchip installation directory. For more information on these tools, see

Section 7.3.1 “Microchip PICmicro MCU Language Tools”.

Microchip C17 Toolsuite (Obsolete Product)

This toolsuite includes all the language tools from the Microchip MPASM Toolsuite as

well as the MPLAB C17 C compiler. MPLAB C17 is a separate installation from

MPLAB IDE. The executable for MPLAB C17 is mcc.exe and is installed in

c:\mcc\bin by default. For more information on these tools, see

Section 7.3.1 “Microchip PICmicro MCU Language Tools”.

Microchip C18 Toolsuite

This toolsuite includes all the language tools from the Microchip MPASM Toolsuite as

well as the MPLAB C18 C compiler. MPLAB C18 is a separate installation from

MPLAB IDE. The executable for MPLAB C18 is mcc18.exe and is installed in

c:\mcc18\bin by default. For more information on these tools, see

Section 7.3.1 “Microchip PICmicro MCU Language Tools”.