Guenter Milde wrote: > I see. So, maybe use or copy the date check from latex.ltx: > > \def\@ifpackagelater{\@ifl@ter\@pkgextension} > \def\@ifclasslater{\@ifl@ter\@clsextension} > \@onlypreamble\@ifpackagelater > \@onlypreamble\@ifclasslater > \def\@ifl@ter#1#2{% > \expandafter\@ifl@t@r > \csname ver@#2.#1\endcsname} > \@onlypreamble\@ifl@ter > \def\@ifl@t@r#1#2{% > \ifnum\expandafter\@parse@version#1//00\@nil<% > \expandafter\@parse@version#2//00\@nil > \expandafter\@secondoftwo > \else > \expandafter\@firstoftwo > \fi} > \@onlypreamble\@ifl@t@r
This I tried. The problem is that all these commands are \@onlypreamble. This does not work in our file. Jürgen