Swordfish

Thank you David. I would have surely tried 2.2.1.8 had I been able to obtain it. The link you provided allowed me to change to the new compiler and it solved the problem. I very much appreciate your help in getting me back on track.

I just found the same thing! I haven't touched assembly stuff for years and wasn't sure if that might be the problem. But it looks suspicious! The my newer compiler has the error (at least I'm assuming its an error). The old version does not. If I change the value to 43691 (0xAAAB) I see that the ne...

Clicking on View -> Online Updates does not seem to work. I get no messages of any kind and the version stays the same. I have emailed Mecanique inquiring about buying an upgrade disk. Here is the stripped down code: Device = 18F4520 Clock = 32 Dim i As Word Config OSC = INTIo67, Debug = OFF, MCLRE ...

Thank you for your reply David. I'll look into this issue a bit more on Monday. I did do a little detective work prior to seeing your reply. I had an older computer at home that still has XP Pro installed. I installed the old version of Swordfish (with USB key) onto that computer and tried compiling...

I developed a project back in 2009 using Swordfish. I do not know the version of the compiler but it was one that required the USB key. When I switched over to Windows 7 (from XP) SF would not work. I purchased an upgrade in Feb 2011. It is version 2205 ICC1.1.5.5. The original project has come back...

Thanks again Jerry. Well I learn new things every day and I guess this is my item for the day. The Program Data folder was not hidden but apparently the Windows search program does not look there. Once I actually looked there I can see all the .bas files. I was relying on 'search' to find the files ...

Thanks Jerry. Yes, I am sure that was the one. I found it on the SF web site after I posted the question. I must admit that I haven't used SF for a couple of years now and I can't remember how modules work. Where are the other ones like 'USART.bas' and 'Convert.bas' located? I can't find any files o...

I wrote a fairly large program back in 2009 that controlled a motor and the code had to be UL approved. But the project died because the thing that the motor went into could not pass UL tests. Apparently that got resolved and the project is back on. So, I found the code and when I try to compile I g...

Thank you David. I'll get an order out today. Also I apologize if posting my password caused any problems. I thought it was unique to my copy of SF. Anyway, I removed it from my post.
Mark

Is there a US source for the upgrade? I have no problem buying an upgrade but with the UPS shipping from the UK it comes to just under $100 - and the shipping is the biggest part! 'Help' shows my current version to be 2.2.0.5 ICC 1.1.4.6. My current password is: Yes, I did try the XP compatability m...

Had to retire the old XP box and replace it with W7. Tried to install my very old copy (Nov 06) of SF and ran into problems. I was unable to update to the latest as the updater would not accept my password. When I try to compile one of the sample programs I get this error: Cannot create C:\Users\Mar...

Hello David. Good to see you back with us. Bought mine from CircuitED. Invoice number 1671 dated 20 Nov 2006. Box has a product key of "F085 8609 60R6" but the updater will not accept this as a password.
Thanks,
Mark Whatley
Complete Inc
Springdale Arkansas
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I need to have two interrupts in the same program. One catches characters coming in via the UART and one on Timer0 that is used to simply keep a count of the seconds since reset. The UART one saves characters into a small buffer and reports when the buffer is full. A second PIC is programmed to send...

Thanks for the reply David. This project must comply with specs put forth by the U.S. Underwriters Labs (UL). One of their many requirements is that all RAM variable locations must be verified within some set period of time. In this particular case the time is about 50 ms. This figures into the mini...

My explaination didn't get attached to the original post. The problem is that at the indicated line the conditional evals to TRUE and "fault" is set to 22. This should not happen. The next conditional right below that will work as expected. Something is preventing a test for a TRUE value from workin...