Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Compiling conflicts

[GP89]

I'm having an issue which I've not encountered before.

When including a pdf document before using \includegraphics I learnt I had to use pdflatex command to compile my tex file and couldn't use latex, dvipdf.

On another document I was using the poker package which only works if I use latex followed by dvipdf to compile and doesn't work with pdflatex.

What if I want to use both in the same document? Neither command will compile.

This is the problem I'm faced with at the moment.

Thanks for any help you can give!

[localghost]

[…] On another document I was using the poker package which only works if I use latex followed by dvipdf to compile and doesn't work with pdflatex. […]

The package is based on PSTricks (see information on the linked page). Either compile LaTeX → DVI → PS → PDF or use the auto-pst-pdf package for direct compilation with PDFLaTeX. Study the package manual thoroughly and follow the instructions (keyword: shell escape).


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[GP89]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply!

I've just tried using latex, dvips, ps2pdf but doesn't seem to work. My full build script is;

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#!/bin/sh
file=$1
latex ${file}
bibtex ${file}
latex ${file}
latex ${file}
dvips ${file}
ps2pdf ${file}".ps"

I'll try looking into the auto-pst-pdf package

Thanks!

Edit: An early stumbling block on auto-pst-pdf, there doesn't seem to be a auto-pst-pdt.sty file in the download. How do you include it?

[localghost]

[…] I've just tried using latex, dvips, ps2pdf but doesn't seem to work. […]

Just to say that something doesn't work is not very helpful. It requires more concrete information to get closer to a solution. Take a look at the corresponding log file and check it for warnings and error messages.

[GP89]

It compiles fine with the latex, dvips, ps2pdf commands when I comment out the \includegraphics command, but when it's there I get the same error as I was before with latex dvipdf.

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LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in projplan.pdf (no BoundingBox
)

[localghost]

LaTeX does not accept graphics files in any other format than EPS. So you have to convert from PDF to EPS. (On a Linux system quite easy with »pdftops« and »ps2eps«.) If you can make auto-pst-pdf work this step will not be necessary.

[GP89]

Excellent! Thank you!

After using pdftops and ps2epsi (not sure what the epsi is but it worked the same ) the includegraphics accepted my graphic and I can compile again with latex, dvipdf.

Thanks very much for your help!