Document Classes ⇒ Include child .tex with different class

[Alberto]

Hi there.

I'm required to do a document that uses a custom document class.

Now, I need to insert another child document with a completely different and custom document class and some packages that are not included in the main document.

I'm not sure how to do this, since using \input {doc.tex} gives me a

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! LaTeX Error: Can be used only in preamble.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
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l.3 \documentclass
                  [english]{scrreprt}

error.

I'm really new to LaTeX, since I have been using LyX for ages, but to do this work I need LaTeX since the document classes can't be used in LyX.

Compiling the child document yields no error, and compiling the main document without the \input{} also yields no error, so I'm not sure where to include the different packages and document classes for it to successfully compile.

Any help?

Thanks in advance.

[Johannes_B]

You could do some trickery, but since both documents are pretty different, i suggest to use package pdfpages and simply include the whole (child) pdf as is into the main document.

[Alberto]

Yes, it works. Thanks a lot.