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Im running MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows and trying to generate QRCodes. These worked fine (using the example uploaded) but they have now disappeared (worked under 2.7, not 2.9).

The error from the log file is:

Package auto-pst-pdf Warning:
Creation of malvic-pics.pdf failed.
This warning occured on ...

Slight correction to the above 2 messages: they are both correct! I get the first error (i.e. converting the QRCode to PDf but failing to clip it) when using the installed version of MiKTeX 2.9 and the second error (i.e. failing to covert the QRCode to PDF) when using the portable version of MiKTeX ...

Further to my last message, I tried the same file again and get the log file output below. This shows that ps2pdf is failing. The QRCode is created in the autopp.ps file, but not converted to the PDF and then not cropped.

Not sure why this is happening. Any thoughts much apprecaited.

best wishes ...

Hi Herbert

Have now upgraded to 2.9 (both portable and installed) and the QRCode has now disappeared again (using the same code)!

The error from the log file is:

Package auto-pst-pdf Warning:
Creation of malvic-pics.pdf failed.
This warning occured on input line 124.

Package auto-pst-pdf ...

Following on from my comment in this thread ( http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=11208&p=43251#p43242 ) I thought it would be easier to separate it out.

pstricks (and specifically pst-barcode) under pdflatex need perl to complete. I have initially installed ActivePerl but ...

Hi Herbert

Many thanks for your help. I tried this with both my "vanilla" install of MiKTeX 2.7 and the portable version. I get the same problem. Ive attached the log file and output PDF to show what the exact problem is and whether there is something painfully obvious that I am not aware of that I ...

P.S. i installed ActivePerl, but use both the installed version of MiKTeX and portable MiKTeX. I see that Strawberry Perl ( http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html ) has a portable version and wondered if I could use psbarcdoe with this?? Does it use Window environment variables of file association ...

Many thanks; I had used the "-shell-escape" switch but hadn't spotted the requirement for Perl. The example I gave now works without problem. I've moved to my more complex example (we want to use it in typesetting for our journal) and it doesn't work; no graphic is produced and there is a very odd ...

Hi

First posting to the board.... hope I get it right!

I used the following post ( http://bramp.net/blog/latex-qr-based-business-card ) to try to generate a QRCode under MiKTeX 2.7. I started with the code given on the page but couldn't get it to work so tried something minimalistic ...