BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Problem with BibTeX on Windows 7 Starter

[Greg84]

Hi,

I am able to use BiBTeX on my computer (running Windows Vista) at work with no problems - but the same files on my Asus Eee PC running Windows 7 Starter refuses to work at all.

Which is making me think there is a problem because it is Windows 7 Starter?

What do you think? And is there a way around it?

Greg

[localghost]

[…] I am able to use BiBTeX on my computer (running Windows Vista) at work with no problems - but the same files on my Asus Eee PC running Windows 7 Starter refuses to work at all. […]

This is as good as useless. Be more precise in your problem description. Tell us exactly what is going wrong by analysing the log file regarding warnings or error messages on the machine where it is not working. Build a minimal example that clearly reproduces the described behaviour [1]. Otherwise this will come to nothing.

Finally just a remark. Posts can be edited for corrections.

[1] View topic: Avoidable mistakes


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Greg84]

Thanks Thorsten.

I can't work out how to get the output file to attach it.
But there are no errors, warnings etc.
It just all goes wrong at a line that says
"("C:\Program Files\MiTeX 2.8\.....latex.exe:GUI framework cannot be initialized.

No PDF gets made.

Below is the text document it makes.

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8) (preloaded format=latex 2011.1.17) 19 FEB 2011 21:11
entering extended mode
**problem*example.tex
("C:\Users\Greg\Documents\problem example.tex"
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, german, ngerman, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerm
an-x-2009-06-19, french, loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\base\article.cls"
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\base\size12.clo"
File: size12.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)

I'm not a big expert in Latex or open source communities, Thorsten. I am an engineer and statistician. But have used Latex successfully up until now.

Greg

[josephwright]

"("C:\Program Files\MiTeX 2.8\.....latex.exe:GUI framework cannot be initialized.

This is a well-known issue with TeXniccenter. See http://www.miktex.org/2.8/issues.

[localghost]

Is it advisable to put not only source code into a »Code« environment but also the content of a log file. This increases the legibility of a post.

[…] It just all goes wrong at a line that says
"("C:\Program Files\MiTeX 2.8\.....latex.exe:GUI framework cannot be initialized.

No PDF gets made.[…]

A common MiKTeX issue with TeXnicCenter (TXC) [1]. Consider a full installation of the MiKTeX system or use TXC2alpha3.

[…] I'm not a big expert in Latex or open source communities, Thorsten. I am an engineer and statistician. […]

You don't have to be a computer scientist. Neither am I.

[1] MiKTeX 2.8 Issues