Adam Spiers
2010-09-22 11:35:41 UTC
Hello everyone,
My Laptop just crashed and on restarting WinEdt 5.5 has suddenly stopped
being able to compile my documents into PDFs using the 'PDF Texify'
button, instead I get a pop-up message:
"Pdftexify failed to create a PDF file, for possible explanations start
the command from the command prompt". I've been using this version
WinEdt unchanged for about 2 years so this is quite a shock!
If I execute the same Pdf, texify action from the command prompt my
documents are generated, though I am asked for a file name several times
and the process takes much longer than a single button click.
To generate the command prompt code I followed the advice listed on the
following post:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.winedt/2694
and entered the recommended command:
texify.exe --pdf yourdoc.tex
Unfortunately the post was never followed up so I don't know how to
restore my WinEdt to it's normal state:
I've created the an example .tex document and have included the output
of the command prompt (both below). I'd really appreciate some advice,
I'm writing my PhD thesis (which contains lots of equations and figures)
so am generating pdfs continuously (normally after each equation or
paragraph). Having to go through the command prompt each time is really
going to be a real drain on the writing process...
Minimum example:
\documentclass[a4paper,8pt]{extreport}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{document}
Hello world.
\end{document}
This is what appears at the command prompt:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\meyas\My Documents\Latex\Test>texify.exe --pdf
Test.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.7) entering extended mode
("C:/Documents and Settings/meyas/My Documents/Latex/Test/Test.tex"
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\extreport.cls"
Document Class: extreport 1996/10/08 v1.0 Non Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\size8.clo")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\exscale.sty"))
No file Test.aux.
[1{C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
Data/MiKTeX/2.7/pdftex/confi
g/pdftex.map}] (Test.aux) )<C:/Program Files/MiKTeX
2.7/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/
cmr8.pfb>
Output written on Test.pdf (1 page, 4776 bytes).
Transcript written on Test.log.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.7)
entering extended mode
("C:/Documents and Settings/meyas/My Documents/Latex/Test/Test.tex"
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\extreport.cls"
Document Class: extreport 1996/10/08 v1.0 Non Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\size8.clo")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\exscale.sty")) (Test.aux)
[1{C:/Do
cuments and Settings/All Users/Application
Data/MiKTeX/2.7/pdftex/config/pdftex
.map}] (Test.aux) )<C:/Program Files/MiKTeX
2.7/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr8.pfb
Output written on Test.pdf (1 page, 4776 bytes).
Transcript written on Test.log.
My Laptop just crashed and on restarting WinEdt 5.5 has suddenly stopped
being able to compile my documents into PDFs using the 'PDF Texify'
button, instead I get a pop-up message:
"Pdftexify failed to create a PDF file, for possible explanations start
the command from the command prompt". I've been using this version
WinEdt unchanged for about 2 years so this is quite a shock!
If I execute the same Pdf, texify action from the command prompt my
documents are generated, though I am asked for a file name several times
and the process takes much longer than a single button click.
To generate the command prompt code I followed the advice listed on the
following post:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.winedt/2694
and entered the recommended command:
texify.exe --pdf yourdoc.tex
Unfortunately the post was never followed up so I don't know how to
restore my WinEdt to it's normal state:
I've created the an example .tex document and have included the output
of the command prompt (both below). I'd really appreciate some advice,
I'm writing my PhD thesis (which contains lots of equations and figures)
so am generating pdfs continuously (normally after each equation or
paragraph). Having to go through the command prompt each time is really
going to be a real drain on the writing process...
Minimum example:
\documentclass[a4paper,8pt]{extreport}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{document}
Hello world.
\end{document}
This is what appears at the command prompt:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\meyas\My Documents\Latex\Test>texify.exe --pdf
Test.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.7) entering extended mode
("C:/Documents and Settings/meyas/My Documents/Latex/Test/Test.tex"
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\extreport.cls"
Document Class: extreport 1996/10/08 v1.0 Non Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\size8.clo")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\exscale.sty"))
No file Test.aux.
[1{C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application
Data/MiKTeX/2.7/pdftex/confi
g/pdftex.map}] (Test.aux) )<C:/Program Files/MiKTeX
2.7/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/
cmr8.pfb>
Output written on Test.pdf (1 page, 4776 bytes).
Transcript written on Test.log.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.7)
entering extended mode
("C:/Documents and Settings/meyas/My Documents/Latex/Test/Test.tex"
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\extreport.cls"
Document Class: extreport 1996/10/08 v1.0 Non Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\extsizes\size8.clo")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\exscale.sty")) (Test.aux)
[1{C:/Do
cuments and Settings/All Users/Application
Data/MiKTeX/2.7/pdftex/config/pdftex
.map}] (Test.aux) )<C:/Program Files/MiKTeX
2.7/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr8.pfb
Output written on Test.pdf (1 page, 4776 bytes).
Transcript written on Test.log.