flex_lcd driver

[bschriek]

C is new, assembly is no problem at all.
I use the PCW compiler and 16F687
I want to use a lcd and used the original flex_lcd driver mentioned in the forum. In the begin I only changed the ports to the LCD.
At that time the hardware failed and I started to debug the code step by step in mplab. I found out the following part didn't work correctly.

PART OF LCD_FLEX DRIVER
lcd_send_nibble(0x02);
for(i=0; i < sizeof(LCD_INIT_STRING); i++)
{
lcd_send_byte(0, LCD_INIT_STRING[i]);
etc..........

The loop is executed 4 times but every time the first constant (28) of the
"LCD_INIT_STRING[4]" is send to the lcd.
I have changed the flex_lcd driver and now it works fine. Now I'm able to initialize the lcd display.

This is what I have changed:
PART OF LCD_FLEX DRIVER
lcd_send_nibble(0x02);
lcd_send_byte(0, LCD_INIT_STRING[0]);
lcd_send_byte(0, LCD_INIT_STRING[1]);
lcd_send_byte(0, LCD_INIT_STRING[2]);
lcd_send_byte(0, LCD_INIT_STRING[3]);
etc.......

This is the first problem and solved for now but i want to know why
variable i is stuck at 0.


The main program has almost the same behaviour.
It's stuck at the first character.
For example:
printf(lcd_putc,"Hello World.");
This displays HHHHHHHH

I don't know why this code doesn't work while I use the same driver and main code as everyone else????

Best regards,
Bas

[PCM programmer]

Post your compiler version. You can find it at the start of the .LST file
for your project. The .LST file is in your Project directory. The compiler
version is a 4-digit number in this format: x.xxx

[basuser]

[PCM programmer]

Your version is defective. Vs. 4.034 doesn't create the proper access
code for constant arrays. See the two listings below, which show the
bug in vs. 4.034.

See the CCS versions page:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/devices.php?page=versioninfo
They fixed the problem in vs. 4.035. Vs. 4 was a major change from
vs. 3, and it took a while to make it work properly.

[basuser]

Dear mr PCM programmer, thank you for your help.
I already contacted CCS.

Does this bug also explain why the lcd only shows the first character
of the text many times?

Thank you in advance,
_________________
Bas

[PCM programmer]