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m. a. · Post by **m. a.** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:35 pm

Hi,
I cant generate pages in TeXnicCenter. I use miktex 2.8, the last version of TeXnicCenter and Windows 7.

I first installed miktex and after TeXnicCenter. The TeXnicCenter compiles fine, but doesnt generate a page. Does anyone have any idea what is happening?

Thx a lot.

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:45 pm

Hi,

if you would post your .log file as attachment here, we could examine it and try to find the cause.
Additionally it would help if you would show us the LaTeX code you want to compile.

Stefan

tco · Post by **tco** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:13 pm

I think, facing a similiar problem, I might point you to a workaround. Ich guess you use some packages that aren't already installed. Normaly TeXnixCenter should open the Miktex Package Manager and do so.

Well, let me tell you, for me it doesn't. It helps, if you open the .tex File in Miktex's own Texworks and compile it there. This installs the required packages and afterwords as long as you don't add further packages you can compile via TexnicCenter.

Hugely annoying but I didn't found a way around it so far. Actually it was the reason for me to come to this forum.

Greetings,
tco

Post by **localghost** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:50 pm

tco wrote:I think, facing a similiar problem, I might point you to a workaround. Ich guess you use some packages that aren't already installed. Normaly TeXnixCenter should open the Miktex Package Manager and do so.

Well, let me tell you, for me it doesn't. It helps, if you open the .tex File in Miktex's own Texworks and compile it there. This installs the required packages and afterwords as long as you don't add further packages you can compile via TexnicCenter.

Hugely annoying but I didn't found a way around it so far. Actually it was the reason for me to come to this forum. [...]

The compiler itself calls the package manager to install packages subsequently. This is absolutely independent of the used editor and thus more a matter of the MiKTeX settings. You need not to take this detour of starting two editors.

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

Montag · Post by **Montag** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:50 pm

localghost wrote:
tco wrote:I think, facing a similiar problem, I might point you to a workaround. Ich guess you use some packages that aren't already installed. Normaly TeXnixCenter should open the Miktex Package Manager and do so.

Well, let me tell you, for me it doesn't. It helps, if you open the .tex File in Miktex's own Texworks and compile it there. This installs the required packages and afterwords as long as you don't add further packages you can compile via TexnicCenter.

Hugely annoying but I didn't found a way around it so far. Actually it was the reason for me to come to this forum. [...]
The compiler itself calls the package manager to install packages subsequently. This is absolutely independent of the used editor and thus more a matter of the MiKTeX settings. You need not to take this detour of starting two editors.

Yes... exactly.

@m.a.:
You need to go to your MikTeX settings manager and in/on (?) the first slide, you need to activate that MikTeX installs missing packages "on-the-fly".

evellesnoats · Post by **evellesnoats** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:40 am

I too am using Windows 7. If I compile and a package is missing then MikTeX will not get the package "on the fly" even though I have selected that option. I am able to download missing packages manually through the Package Manager. Any ideas?

Flo · Post by **Flo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:35 pm

Hi!

I am new to LaTeX, as well and have quite a similar problem, however under Windows Vista. I am using the latest version of MiKTeX (2.8) and TeXnic Center.

Obviously, the problem was caused because the package "German" had not been installed which I only found out but using the TeXworks programme. How can I get TeXnic Centre to do the updates automatically again if they are needed?

Also, when I try to install the package manually, I get the following error from Windows:

MiKTeX Problem Report
Message: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8\miktex\config\1567d83d412396067c84a669e65114a0.fndb

Thanks so much!

Best, Flo

Montag · Post by **Montag** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:55 am

First of all, you guys could get much more help if you open up a new topic with an according title. Just a friendly advice though.

Wel, I hope one of the following points helps...
1) If there is a firewall installed on your system, the file pdflatex.exe must have the right to connect to the internet.
2) Maybe a compability mode for the file pdflatex.exe needs to be set to "Windows XP"?? But I am _not_ sure about that...
3) Maybe there's a problem with the folder which is used by the MikTeX packet manager... because the folder can only by changed by a user/daemon with admin-rights?

none · Post by **none** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:51 pm

Since this thread is the first result on google for "MiKTeX Problem Report
Message: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect."

I would like to add a possible cause and solution:
I found http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.mi ... 001/page=6
and had pdflatex waiting at "Enter file name: " so it blocked the installation..

Good luck.

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