[Tex/LaTex] Undefined control sequence makecvtitle in moderncv package

moderncv

I am using moderncv package in a tex document. I am compiling with pdflatex, and full texlive package downloaded from CTAN. The error I'm getting is:

line 7: Undefined control sequence \makecvtitle

Here is a minimum working example:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{banking}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\name{Holmes}{Sherlock}
\insti{Institute Name}

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\end{document}

Best Answer

A command \insti should not be accessed. You are not an institute but a person that hopefully is able to change it if desired.

I hope the following MWE (illustrating an institution of education and an institute where you have worked at or are currently working at) helps to explain why:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{banking}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\name{Holmes}{Sherlock}

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{Grade}{Majors}

\section{Work}
\cvitem{year--year}{Dishwasher at Institute Name}
\end{document}

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\name{}{} is the new syntax; the old syntax was \firstname{} and \familyname{}; there are also some other changes, which you can read in the CHANGELOG file. You need to make sure that all your moderncv files are updated to 2013-04-23. Take into acount that the last update to CTAN was made when TeX Live2012 was already frozen, so perhaps the last update didn't make it to your system. You can either use the old interface, or manually install the updated versions (or perhaps try the pre-test TeX Live2013)

[Tex/LaTex] Undefined control sequence \makecvtitle

\makecvtitle complains about \makecvfooter. The command is named \makecvfoot however in moderncv.cls.

The Resumé needs \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} (or explicitly use Resum\'e there.

% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% ---- PREAMBEL ------------------------------------------------------------------
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\moderncvstyle{casual}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% ---- PERSONAL DATA -------------------------------------------------------------
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Resumé title}
\address{street and number}{postcode city}
\mobile{+1~(234)~567~890}
\phone{+2~(345)~678~901}
\fax{+3~(456)~789~012}
\email{john@doe.org}
\homepage{www.johndoe.com}
\extrainfo{additional information}
\photo[64pt][0.4pt]{picture}
\quote{Some quote}

% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% ---- MOVE THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT AND TEXT TO THE LEFT (TITLE MISSING) --------
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\makeatletter
%\AtBeginDocument
%{
% reverse the name and photo
\renewcommand*{\makecvtitle}{%
  \recomputecvlengths%
  \makecvfoot%
  % define optional picture
  \newbox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}%
  \savebox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}{%
    \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@photo}}%
      {
        \@initializelength{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}% Damit Länge bekannt bei Name
        \settowidth{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{0pt}%
      }%
      {%
       \setlength\fboxrule{\@photoframewidth}%
       \ifdim\@photoframewidth=0pt%
         \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}\fi%
       {\color{color1}\framebox{\includegraphics[width=\@photowidth]{\@photo}}}}
        \@initializelength{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}% Damit Länge bekannt bei Name
        \settowidth{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{\usebox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}}%
      }%
  % end define optional picture

  % name
%    \parbox[b]{\textwidth-\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{%
 {   \raggedright\namefont{\color{color2!50}\@firstname} {\color{color2}\@familyname}}%\lastname -> error
    \hfill\usebox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}%
%    \parbox[b]{\textwidth-\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{%
%   \raggedleft\namefont{\color{color2!50}\@firstname} {\color{color2}\@lastname}}%\familyname
\\[-.35em]%
  {\color{color2!50}\rule{\textwidth}{.25ex}}%
  % optional title
  \ifthenelse{\equal{\@title}{}}{}{\\[1.25em]\null\hfill\titlestyle{\@title}}\\[2.5em]% 
  % optional quote
  \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@quote}}%
    {}%
    {{\null\hfill\begin{minipage}{\quotewidth}\centering\quotestyle{\@quote}\end{minipage}\hfill\null\\[2.5em]}}%
  \par}% 
%}% AtBeginDocument ende
\makeatother

% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% ---- DOCUMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{ \textit{Grade} }{Description}  % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty
\cvitem{title}{ \emph{Title} }
\cvitemwithcomment{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvdoubleitem{category X}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category Y}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvlistitem{Item 1}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 3}
\end{document}

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