Programming Guidelines
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Use a plain text editor to write your Vic programs (any plain editor will do).
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Save each program on your PC, using the file name myProg.asm.
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When developing Vic programs, it is best to have three windows open simultaneously: the text editor (where you write/edit your program), the assembler (with which you translate the program into executable code), and the simulator (where you execute the translated code).
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Unless instructed otherwise, write your Vic programs using the symbolic Vic language (not the executable language).
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Load the program file into the assembler (left control at the bottom of the "source code" pane).
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Translate your program into executable code (arrow control).
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Load the executable code into the simulator (left control at the bottom of the "executable code" pane)
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Switch to the simulator window, and run the program.
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If you have bugs and issues, fix the program in the text editor, save, load, translate, load, run, etc.