I have created my custom class myclass.cls
and I've put it into the BASE folder on MiKTeX dis. (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base
). Then I have created my xxx.sty
file with some additional code, I've put it into the new folder OWNCLS (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\owncls
) and refreshed the file name database (FNDB) in MiKTeX settings. I hope I did everything how I should.
And my question is: How do I define \newcommand
in myclass.cls
that will load the xxx.sty
file from its folder?
For example, when I want to create a new document, I will use command \loadmytheme{xxx}
in the preamble. beamer
class has got something similar \usetheme{Themename}
.
I will appreciate any help.
Best Answer
If by
base
directory you mean the directory witharticle.cls
in, then that is not a good place, thebase
directory indicates the core LaTeX distribution and will get overwritten on any update.Using
.sty
is not what you want here, if you do use.sty
then you could load your additional package withas normal.
If you name the files for your class themes in a unique way, say theme
xxx
gets stored in the filexxx.mycls-def
then you can define a custom loading command in your class file something likeOr perhaps adding
\makeatletter
if your theme files need to allow@
.