[Tex/LaTex] Standalone convert doesn’t work

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I'm using TexMaker and want to make a PNG file from a TikZ figure.
When using the preview option in standalone class, I get a beautiful PDF, but when switching to convert I get a massage that "Process started" but it doesn't compile. (I've installed the windows version of ImageMagick).

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One problem with the convert option under MS Windows is that the convert shell command is for FAT32 to NTFS conversion. The ImageMagick convert.exe might be taken or not. For safety standalone awaits the convert tool be named imgconvert.exe. Either change the standalone options or copy-rename the convert.exe file in the ImageMagick folder to imgconvert.exe.

If this doesn't work out, please post some example code, your compiler call and the log file.

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First, about the trouble with the executable name:

convert is also the MS tool for FAT to NTFS conversion of hard disk drives, therefore the recommendation is to rename Image Magick's convert.exe to imgconvert.exe. In order not to be blamed for any data loss due to my standalone package (even if this is very unlikely) I put the default executable name to imgconvert. This can be change using the convert={convertexe={convert.exe}} class option. This all is also described in detail in the standalone manual.

I would recommend Windows users to either rename or copy the convert.exe file to imgconvert.exe or change the standalone.cfg file to include:

 \standaloneconfig{convert={convertexe={convert.exe},false}}

Now to the error message you get:

I tried this under Windows and found out that it depends on the version of Image Magick. With v6.6.9 I get the same error. Here it doesn't matter if it is called from standalone or manually from the command line. However with v6.8.1 I just downloaded today from here it works without any issues (after selecting the right executable name as mentioned above). It seems there is an issue with PDF using v6.6.9 and maybe other versions after it before v6.8.1.

Therefore the fix for your problem is to update Image Magick. If this doesn't fix your issue, or if you already have v6.8.1 installed, then please post the used version number here. Also try to convert it manually using the command line convert.exe -density 300 file.pdf -quality 90 file.png. If this also throws the same error it isn't an issue with standalone but only with ImageMagick.

[Tex/LaTex] Can the standalone package work with sections

Add varwidth as an option to the class in dragons.tex and this works fine. Note that if you compile dragons.tex you will get a single, long page, so this is far from ideal. standalone is mainly intended for graphics created by e.g. TikZ or PSTricks.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{standalone}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{filecontents}
% writes the following to dragons.tex
\begin{filecontents*}{dragons.tex} 
    \documentclass[varwidth]{standalone}
    \usepackage{lipsum}
    \begin{document}
    \section{Theories of dragons}
    Being dragons.
    \lipsum
    \subsection{Theory of angry dragons}
    Being angry dragons.
    \lipsum
    \subsection{Theory of tiny dragons}
    Being tiny dragons.
    \lipsum
    \end{document}
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{document}
\input{dragons}
\end{document}

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