General ⇒ Some layout design is lost in PDF for LaTex => DVI => PDF

[idaham]

Hi!
I've configured a build LaTex => DVI => PDF which seems to be working. At least I get a PDF... The problem is that some of the fancy layout design that is working properly in the DVI is not following through to the PDF!

The part of the layout that isn't working is the pagenumbering which I've placed in a gray box:

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\thispagestyle{fancy}
\fancyfoot[LE]{\psboxit{box 0.8 0.8 0.8 setrgbcolor fill}
{\framebox[10mm][c]{\rule{0cm}{4mm}\color{black}{\bfseries \thepage}}}}
% odd side pages
\fancyfoot[RO]{\hspace{0pt}\psboxit{box 0.8 0.8 0.8 setrgbcolor fill}
{\framebox[10mm][c]{\rule{0cm}{4mm}\color{black}{\bfseries \thepage}}}}

As I said, this works in the DVI (LaTex => DVI), the page numbers show in gray boxes as they should. In the generated PDF however the page numbering is empty, neither number nor box is showing despite everything else being ok.

The setup for LaTex => DVI => PDF is:
----- Postprocessor -----
Postprocessor: dvipdfm.exe (also tried dvipdfmx.exe)
Executable: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\dvipdfm.exe
Arguments: "%Bm.dvi"
----- Viewer ------
Path to executable: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
Command: "%bm.pdf"

[josephwright]

You are using PostScript commands. You need to use dvips followed by ps2pdf to convert to PDF format.

[idaham]

Hello Joseph and thanks for your reply!

I configured LaTex => DVI => PS => PDF and indeed the layout is now correct in the PDF as well! Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
Ida