[texhax] FW: Technical question

[Uwe Lueck]

May I un-HTML this so the pdftex experts read it? I am so curious about the solution.

However, the "setup" issue may be MiKTeX problem (just guessing), then better consult 

    http://www.miktex.org/support

As to Adobe Acrobat, in general it is not required for .tex to .pdf, but certain PDF features are implemented in certain PDF software only; somebody else must tell more. 

    Cheers, Uwe.

[Please just remove my header for answering the original posting.]

---------------------
Von: "Dr A K Hannaby" <keith.hannaby at mathshelp.com>
Gesendet: 02.03.2011 18:48:27

Dear Tug
 
I am running AmsBook under MiKTeX 2.9 which is doing the job excellently.

Creating the .dvi file is not a problem.
But when I try to create a pdf file, I get the error message: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocOpen("Open("%bm.pdf")] ... "Cannot execute the command".

Three phrases like of the kind: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocOpen("Open("%bm.pdf")] appear by default in the setting up boxes when setting up the output formats: dvi, pdf and PS.
 
If these are phrases are not precise, how do I figure exactly what they should be?
 
Can you confirm whether or not I need Adobe Acrobat to enable pdf files to be created. [A YES or NO answer if possible, because I would need to buy it.]
 
Yours

Keith
 


 

Message sent by Dr A K Hannaby