>>>>> "SK" == Stephan Kolassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:28:09 +0200 writes:
SK> Hi JD, do you have the pdf open in some app, e.g.,
SK> Acrobat Reader? If the file is open, R can't write on
SK> it. My (German) errors in this case look like yours:
SK> Fehler in pdf(paste(pic.directory, "/full_map.pdf", sep
SK> = "")) : unable to start device pdf Zusätzlich: Warning
SK> message: In pdf(paste(pic.directory, "/full_map.pdf",
SK> sep = "")) : cannot open 'pdf' file argument
SK> 'Pictures/full_map.pdf'
SK> Just close the Acrobat Reader or whatever.
or even better: Close your OS (MS Windows) and start using a
better one.
E.g., on all Linux versions I know I can write to files open in
acroread (or any ofther of the several alternatives on Linux)
and then "reload" the file inside the PDF viewer.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
SK> Best, Stephan
SK> j daniel schrieb:
>> Hello -
>>
>> I am trying to create a pdf file in R, but I keep getting
>> an error that says it cannot open the pdf device. Here
>> is the code and output:
>>
>>> pdf(file="test.pdf")
>> Error in pdf(file = "test.pdf") : unable to start device
>> pdf In addition: Warning message: In pdf(file =
>> "test.pdf") : cannot open 'pdf' file argument 'test.pdf'
>>
>> Until yesterday I could use the pdf() function without
>> problems, so I am not sure what happened. The error does
>> not go away if I restart R or restart my computer. Any
>> ideas???
>>
>>
>>
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