WinEdt ⇒ HELP! URGENT!

[Alan]

I ave recently purchased WinEdt 9.0 along with a new Lenovo laptop that I am running Windows 7 on. I am able to compile articles (tex to pdf) but am unable to compile a prosper slide file. When I tried to compile it asked if I would allow the computer to download and install a collection of style files. I said yes to all. Then, I hit the pdfT icon and it went into the green circle loop, saying that the console was in pdfTexify. It circled for many many minutes but eventually I received an indecipherable error compilation report with 4 errors and 3 warnings. One says "I couldn't open the file name ____.aux, another says permission denied for _____.log. I can't even see any other errors listed in the compilation. I am sure it is something simple but have no idea what to do. I am pasting below the prosper file, longer than you need but I did not bother shortening it. Please help - I desperately need to prepare some slides for a presentation in a few days. Thanks, Alan

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\documentclass[pdf,default,colorBG,slideColor]{prosper}
\hypersetup{pdfpagemode=FullScreen}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}%
%\usepackage{amsfonts}%
\usepackage{amssymb}
\slideframe{none}
\newcommand{\blam}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \lambda $} }
\newcommand{\bOmega}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \Omega $} }
\newcommand{\bet}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \eta $} }
\newcommand{\bome}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \omega $} }
\newcommand{\bbet}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \beta $} }
\newcommand{\bbeta}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \beta $} }
\newcommand{\balph}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \alpha $} }
\newcommand{\balpha}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \alpha $} }
\newcommand{\bphi}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\phi$}}
\newcommand{\bzeta}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\zeta$}}
\newcommand{\bkap}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\kappa$}}
\newcommand{\bkappa}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\kappa$}}
\newcommand{\beps}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\epsilon$}}
\newcommand{\bepsilon}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\epsilon$}}
\newcommand{\bthet}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \theta $} }
\newcommand{\btheta}{ \mbox{\boldmath $ \theta $} }
\newcommand{\bnu}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\nu$} }
\newcommand{\bmu}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\mu$} }
\newcommand{\bGam}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Gamma$} }
\newcommand{\bSig}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Sigma$} }
\newcommand{\bsig}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\sigma$} }
\newcommand{\bSigma}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Sigma$} }
\newcommand{\bPhi}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Phi$} }
\newcommand{\bPsi}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Psi$} }
\newcommand{\bThet}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Theta$} }
\newcommand{\bTheta}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Theta$} }
\newcommand{\bDel}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Delta$} }
\newcommand{\bDelta}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Delta$} }
\newcommand{\bnabla}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\nabla$} }
\newcommand{\bLam}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Lambda$} }
\newcommand{\bLambda}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\Lambda$} }
\newcommand{\bgam}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\gamma$} }
\newcommand{\bgamma}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\gamma$} }
\newcommand{\brho}{ \mbox{\boldmath $\rho$} }
 
 
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[Johannes_B]

Hi Alan, welcome to the forum.

I think the first step would be to calm down

When you fix the author block and run in dvi mode, do you get a succesful output? You cannot run in pdf-mode directly, prosper does not allow that.

If that does not work, please show us the log file of your attempt.

[Alan]

Johannes - Thanks for the prompt reply and encouraging words. first, what do you mean by fix the author block. It was never a problem with my old version of WinEdt on my old Sony Vaio. Second, how can I run dvi. The only compile button available to me is either P or L. None of the others are lit. - Alan

[Johannes_B]

The author command is commented, that means you will get an error for an undefined @Author.

I don't know WinEdt, to be honest. Have you considered compiling with a free and open source editor like Texworks?

[Alan]

I guess I paid good money for my version of WinEdt and I ought to be able to use it!

[Johannes_B]

I guess I paid good money for my version of WinEdt and I ought to be able to use it!

I can totally understand that I chose to use free software for my TeX needs. Guess we have to wait for somebody actually working with WinEdt.

Since commercial software needs to keep customers happy, there is a support address you can use: WinEdt suppport.