Simple Digital io

[rfolea]

I see in the default code, in the User Initialization function, that digital_io_17 is set up as an unused output.

It is then set to 0.

I added a couple lines to set it to 1 then to 0 then to 1 then to 0:

rc_digout_17 = 0;
rc_digout_17 = 1;
rc_digout_17 = 0;
rc_digout_17 = 1;
rc_digout_17 = 0;

No other changes have been made to the 2007 default code.
I compiled, and downloaded to the rc.

I connected a Logic analyzer and expected to see the digital line toggle a few times at startup.

Instead it simply takes on the value of the last stament I entered (a '0' in this example).

Doesn't rc_digout_17 directly drive the io pin?

What am I missing here ...