Internal Error - Contact CCS OUTPUT FILE 0

[nazoa]

Hello,
I am using the PCWHD compiler, version 4.128. I regularly get the following error message during compilation at the point when the compiler finishes writing the .lst file and begins to attempt to write the COF file:

Access violation at address 03B1340E in module 'PCD.dll'. Read address 7D67A7C
Internal Error - Contact CCS OUTPUT FILE 0

Oddly, I can sometimes overcome the problem by adding blank lines at the end of the main source file.

I contacted CCS some time ago. They suggested using a different version of the compiler but that gave rise to other, unrelated problems.

I am using Win7 pro. I checked and I have privileges to all the folders. Anyway, I also saw the problem on an XP machine.

Has anyone come across this error and if so, did they find a solution?

Thanks

[Ttelmah]

Are you building 'through' MPLAB?.

If so, look at this thread:

<http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44476&highlight=contact+ccs+output+file>

The other reason is normally to do with path length. CCS will give this error, if you have files in 'deep' subdirectories. There is a limit (not sure how long, but possibly about 128 characters), and if a file expansion results in a very long path, then you get this. Try simplifying your directory layout.

[nazoa]

Thank you for the suggestion.

I am not using MPLAB but the files were indeed in a very deep level folder in our server. Moving them to a higher level directory appears to have fixed the problem.

Thanks.