Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ problems with ctable sideways option

[kampulus]

Hello,

I am using the ctable package for the tables in my dissertation (mikTex 2.9, with Texmaker 3.0.1 as editor). After the latest updates the sideways option does not seem to work anymore (before the update everything worked well). Now I get the error:

! Package ctable Error: You may not use the pos and sideways options together.

This is puzzling for me because I don't use the pos option when using sideways. Can anybody tell me what is wrong please?

here is my code:

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\documentclass[twoside]{book}
\usepackage{ctable}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\ctable[
sideways
]{c}{}{\FL first row\LL}
\end{document}

Thanks a million,
Stephan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Stephan,

welcome to the board!

This example works fine for me. Could you post the complete log file as attachment here? For this, it would be good if you would include the \listfiles command to list the versions of used packages.

Stefan

[kampulus]

Hallo Stefan,

Many thanks for your reply. You may not be aware of it, but it is not the first time that you help me on issues with LaTex - i have read many of your posts and you saved me more than once

Following your instructions, I ran the minimal example mentioned above including the \listfiles commands. The log file is attached.

Keep up the brilliant work!

Und viele Grüße nach Hamburg,

Stephan

[localghost]

Update at least the ctable package (current version is 1.19 dated 2011/05/01). Get used to keeping your TeX distribution up to date.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[kampulus]

thanks localghost - this seems indeed to be the problem.

On CTAN I read this:

changes of v1.19 relative to v1.18:
- sideways option did not work anymore; corrected

I have v1.18 installed and need to update to v1.19. But I do not see the updated package in my MikTex 2.9 Update Manager. I have tried to install v1.19 manually by downloading the files and copying them into the local directory in which I keep manually added packages - but this didn't work.

Is there any trick to download the new version of ctable through MikTex?

Thanks again,
Stephan

[localghost]

[…] Is there any trick to download the new version of ctable through MikTex? […]

Not to my knowledge. The Update Manager should find outdated packages. Perhaps you need so synchronize the databases. The MiKTeX manual will show you how to do that.

[kampulus]

The Update Manager should find outdated packages. Perhaps you need so synchronize the databases.

thanks, but unfortunately I have not been able to update ctable to version 1.19.

I tried:

- synchronizing the repository
- refreshing the FNDB, and updating formats
- uninstalling and reinstalling ctable
- synchronizing, refreshing, updating, and reinstalling from different package repositories

Every time I am getting v1.18: an obsolete version if one wants to use the option sideways. I could go back to use the \landscape environment, but this does not automatically rotate figures according to even/uneven pages, and also has other issues.

Any other ideas what might be the problem for me to update to ctable v1.19?

cheers,

stephan