Volatile issue

[jberri]

I am trying to use the following documentation AN2616 and follow an example.  In the example they initialize the data direction register as such:

PTADD = 0;    //initialize as input (Data Direction Register) */

when I compile this I get an error saying the following

Error   : C1019: Incompatible type to previous declaration (found 'int ', expected 'PTAPESTR volatile ')

main.c line 9  

what is the proper way of doing this or am I missing something.

[CompilerGuru]

Are you placing
>PTADD = 0;
inside of a function, inside of main?

Daniel

[jberri]

Daniel, you hit it on the dot.....  I had the code placed outside the main loop.  What I don't understand is, I thought it should have been outside the main.  Maybe I am thinking C++

Anyway, thank you so much.