MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ A Getting Started Question

[bucurcristina]

Hello!

I`m totally new with this. I have just installed MikTeX 2.7 and WinEdt 5.6 (Beta 1) on my Windows XP computer. I installed them both in the same folder (not in C local disk!), and I opened WinEdt. After opening the Thesis.tex sample file from Document -> Sample -> PhD Thesis I try to compile it by Accesories -> Compile (maybe it would have been simpler to do that from the buttons in the toolbar, but I didn`t know which one to select: Compile TeX document, TeXtify, LaTex - eventually I tried them all, with the same result). Next, I tried also with other tex files. I can see them in WinEdt, but when I push Compile, I get the same error over and over again:

Error Launching Console Application PDFTeXify ...
Command Line: texify.exe --pdf "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\WinEdt\Samples\Thesis\Thesis.tex"
Startup Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\WinEdt\Samples\Thesis

The system cannot find the file specified.

I`m sure it must be something very easy, but now I feel like I`m loosing my patience.

Hope to ask more interesting questions next time. (after I manage to get started... )

Thank you!

[teddybouch]

I'm having the same problem - has anyone found a solution?

[Asakura]

Try creating a file with the structure given below.
I know it's silly (I've been testing something with it - it's somekinda leftower )

Save the file to some other folder like %somepathtoyourdocuments%\tex_docs
then run latex (the icin saying LaTeX or Latex to pdf)
U can also run it from command line typing: latex filename or pdflatex filename

I don't use the new version of WinEDT bur the previous one.

If U get a response like previously check if your working directory (projects dir) is the one you chose otherwise U WinEDT tries to compile a non-existing file

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll|l|l}
\cline{1-1}
\multicolumn{1}{|r|}{kajfka} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{ladfjk} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{fslafk } & SLKFDA \\
\cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}
\multicolumn{1}{|l|}{} &  & ADF &  \\
\cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}
 & ADF & \ldots & \multicolumn{1}{c}{ADF} \\
\cline{3-3}
 &  & ADF &  \\
\cline{3-3}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
 
 
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