[Tex/LaTex] auto-pst-pdf problem – no cropped -autopp.pdf

auto-pst-pdf

I'm trying to get some PSTricks pictures to PDF. I'm using the information provided on http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdfoutput#autopstpdf

Well, never change a running system … yesterday it worked, but due to HDD problems I had to reinstall my system (Win XP sp3, Miktex 2.9, Texniccenter 2.02). The thing is, the final .pdf is created, Latex->PDF, XeLatex->PFD, … it doesn't matter. But what I would need is the cropped .pdf from the picture itself, the <'file'-autopp.pdf>.

Perl (5v18) ist installed (although before the reinstallation I didn't have it). I got the "typical" two warnings, which I found quite often in forums, but those guys just needed the final .pdf, I would need the cropped pictures.

Using:

 \documentclass[12pt]{article}

 \usepackage[pdf]{pstricks}
 \usepackage[crop=off]{auto-pst-pdf}
 \usepackage{pst-pdf}

 \begin{document}
 \input{a.pstricks}
 \end{document}

Getting (umformen.log): (… .tex-file is called "umformen")

[...]
    runsystem(echo "-------------------------------------------------")...executed.
    runsystem(echo "auto-pst-pdf: Auxiliary LaTeX compilation")...executed.
    runsystem(echo "-------------------------------------------------")...executed.
    runsystem(del "umformen-autopp.log")...executed.

    runsystem(latex -disable-write18 -jobname="umformen-autopp" -interaction=batchmode  "\let \APPmakepictures \empty \input
      umformen.tex")...executed.

    Package auto-pst-pdf Warning: 
        Creation of umformen-autopp.dvi failed.
    This warning occured on input line 124.

    Package auto-pst-pdf Warning: 
        Could not create umformen-pics.pdf. Auxiliary files not deleted.
    This warning occured on input line 124.
    runsystem(echo "-------------------------------------------------")...executed.
    runsystem(echo "auto-pst-pdf: End auxiliary LaTeX compilation")...executed.
    runsystem(echo "-------------------------------------------------")...executed.
[...]

Because the whole system is reinstalled, I think the error is maybe somewhere else? Anyone any clues?

Greetings, Florian

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that cannot work, because a package is not loaded twice. \usepackage[pdf]{pstricks} already loads auto-pst-pdf. Try

 \documentclass[12pt]{article}

 \usepackage{ifpdf}
 \usepackage[crop=off]{auto-pst-pdf}
 \ifpdf\else\usepackage{pstricks}\fi

 \begin{document}
 \input{a.pstricks}
 \end{document}

and also:

 \documentclass[12pt]{article}

 \usepackage{ifpdf}
 \usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}
 \ifpdf\else\usepackage{pstricks}\fi

 \begin{document}
 \input{a.pstricks}
 \end{document}

I tried the first example and an up-to-date MiKTeX 2.9 on a Windows 7.0 with a file a.pstricks:

\begin{pspicture}
\psframe*[linecolor=blue](10,10)
\end{pspicture}

and had no problems (running TeXmaker with enabled --shell-escape)

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If you want all PSTricks code to be imported from within the TeX main input file, then it will be better using xelatex than using pdflatex +auto-pst-pdf. There are many limitations of using pdflatex + auto-pst-pdf. I will list the details in the next edit.

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Note: An independent PSTricks fragment is a PSTricks code that does not belong to the 3 cases mentioned above.

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% frame.tex
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\end{document}

Compile it with xelatex (slower than the snail) or latex-dvips-ps2pdf (faster than the light) and you will get frame.pdf.

Later, you can import the frame.pdf from within your main input file as follows:

% main.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{frame.pdf}\newpage


    \animateinline[palindrome,autoplay]{10}
    \multiframe{11}{r=1+-0.1}{%
    \pspicture(2,2)
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    \endpspicture}
    \endanimateinline

\end{document}

Once again, compile the main input file using xelatex only. But compilation becomes faster! Note: latex-dvips-ps2pdf cannot import PDF images, that is why you have to use xelatex only!

NOTE: The main input file must NOT load preview package if you load animate package. Practically, you never need to load preview in the main input file, only sub-files need preview.

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The shell-escape feature cannot be activated from within a source file. When the file is open you cannot modify the shell escape feature, it's too late. This is a safe behaviour otherwise one could do any unsecure action.

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