Asm Error PCL, TOSL, TOSH, or TOSU cannot be a destination of MOVFF or MOVSF

[kcsl]

I'm getting the above assembler error at line 6216. The attached pictures shows the assembler in the affected area & the error

Near the top of the program I declare a variable which is used all over the place.
Dim gfDevId as byte


A long way down there is a procedure:

Proc GenCANId(pPri As Byte, pPGN As Dword), Dword
    Dim rTemp                  As Dword     
    Dim xxx                    As Byte

    rTemp.Byte0 = xxx        <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< THIS COMPILES OK
    rTemp.Byte0 = gfDevId    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< THIS LINE GIVES THE ASSEMBLER ERROR 

EndProc

The only difference I can see is that gfDevId is declared outside the procedure near the top of the program, and xxx is declared within the procedure.

Just declared a byte within the procedure, copied gfDevId  into that and used this variable instead of gfDevId and it compiles fine.

I extracted just the code lines of interest, dropped them into a new program and it compiled OK, so looks like something in the main program is confusing things.

Running Version 4.0.4.7
 
Any suggestions ?

Regards,
Joe

[kcsl]

OK, I've found the cause I think.
There was a
     Dim bytBuffer[2462] as byte
at the start of the program.
Changing this to [10] (just to test the theory) solved the issue.

So I scanned the manual for anything on arrays and found this:
        Declare Auto_Heap_Arrays = On
which seems to have done the trick... though I don't pretend to know why.

Regards,
Joe

[trastikata]

Hi kcsl, try declaring that array as heap.

[kcsl]

Hi kcsl, try declaring that array as heap.

Hi Trastikata,
Just tried your suggestion and that works.
Thanks for your response.

Regards,
Joe