General ⇒ teXnicCenter can't handle .eps files ?

[juliette]

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{myfigure.eps}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

gives me the error:
! Latex Error: Unknown graphics extension: .eps.


while if I input a .jpg or .png file instead it works.

How do I get around this ?? I don't want to convert all 800 eps figures into jpg's!

[josephwright]

Your using pdfLaTeX, I suspect. First, remove the extension from your \includegraphics line. Then either switch to latex (dvi output) or include something like

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\usepackage{epstopdf}

in your preamble to automatically convert EPS files to PDF for inclusion.

[juliette]

I switched it to output a .dvi file instead of .pdf,
and the diagrams came out perfectly in my .dvi file, but then when I sent the .dvi file to someone by e-mail, the figures were gone.

Is this usual ?

[josephwright]

Yes. The DVI file just contains pointers to the EPS information, which the viewer may or may not handle. You can either send the EPS files along with the DVI, or convert the DVI to PS and then to PDF, which will then be self-contained.

[donutzeatpeople]

To josephwright: thanks a lot for the tip! I was having the same problem and I just added:

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\usepackage{epstopdf}

as you recommended. Thanks and take care!