Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-16 Thread Todd Salamon
I installed Lyx 1.6.5 and MiKTeX 2.8 and this has fixed the problem. One note: the Lyx/MiKTeX install didn't work unless I uninstalled Adobe Acrobat Reader, restarted, installed Lyx/MiKTeX and then re-installed Acrobat Reader. Thanks for the suggestion Uwe. Regards, Todd

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 15.02.2010 19:30, schrieb Todd Salamon: I am running Lyx 1.5.7 on Windows XP SP2 with MiKTeX 2.5 installed. This is most probably the reason. Before you proceed fiddling around in your system to find the misconfiguration, I recommend to 1. uninstall LyX _completely_ 2. uninstall MikteX 2

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-16 Thread Todd Salamon
I went ahead and tried "View -> PDF (ps2pdf)" as well as "View -> PDF (dvipdfm)", and both of these approaches yield only a single blank page of output in the PDF. When I build via "View -> PDF (pdflatex)" the PDF files that are created in the Lyx Temp directory only have an empty bounding box, s

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Todd Salamon wrote: The convert command does work ok. I went ahead and tried convert filename.eps filename.pdf The PDF is a bit grainy and unresolved, but there is definitely an image there, whereas in the document it's an empty bounding box. I also tried opening filename.eps in Adobe Illustra

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Liang
compile it using PS method, not dvi Liang M-L wrote: On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:26:20 + (UTC) Todd Salamon shared this with is all on the Lyx users list: The convert command does work ok. This is probably of no consequence, but I specified that the Gimp should be used in LyX and i

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread M-L
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:26:20 + (UTC) Todd Salamon shared this with is all on the Lyx users list: >The convert command does work ok. This is probably of no consequence, but I specified that the Gimp should be used in LyX and it worked a treat. However the Gimp is a bit of overkill if you're

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Todd Salamon
The convert command does work ok. I went ahead and tried convert filename.eps filename.pdf The PDF is a bit grainy and unresolved, but there is definitely an image there, whereas in the document it's an empty bounding box. I also tried opening filename.eps in Adobe Illustrator and it complained

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Paul Rubin
Todd Salamon writes: > > > I have ImageMagick 6.2.9 Q16 installed. > What happens if, in a command window (DOS prompt), you run 'convert whatever.eps whatever.pdf' against one of your EPS files? I'm wondering if maybe there's something in them that is causing ImageMagick heartburn. /Paul

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Todd Salamon
I just tried updating to ImageMagick 6.5.9-5-Q16 and that didn't make any difference. Todd P.S. FYI - in the process of installing Lyx there was an error related to writing a file. Any of the "..." below are too long for me to write. Error opening file for writing: MiKTeX 2.5SystemAdmin yesPo

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Todd Salamon
I have ImageMagick 6.2.9 Q16 installed. Todd

Re: EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Paul Rubin
Todd Salamon writes: > > I am running Lyx 1.5.7 on Windows XP SP2 with MiKTeX 2.5 installed. I have a > document with PDF and EPS files for figures. The preview shows both, but when > I > try "View -> PDF (pdflatex)" the resulting PDF file only includes the PDF > images, and the EPS files show

EPS files not displaying in PDF

2010-02-15 Thread Todd Salamon
I am running Lyx 1.5.7 on Windows XP SP2 with MiKTeX 2.5 installed. I have a document with PDF and EPS files for figures. The preview shows both, but when I try "View -> PDF (pdflatex)" the resulting PDF file only includes the PDF images, and the EPS files show up as empty boxes with nothing inside