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ojones
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Old Documents not compilable after Update

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Hi All,

I recently updated to MikTeX 2.9. Now my files, which rendered OK with MikTeX 2.7, no longer do so. I'm having trouble with files using the packages PSTricks or TikZ. I edit with WinEdt by the way. Is there a simple fix for this? Thanks.

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Sundial
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Old Documents not compilable after Update

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Hi,
if you post a minimal code which creates your drawbacks, I may replicate it with my MikTex 2.9 installation.
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Stefan Kottwitz
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Re: Old Documents not compilable after Update

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Also, the .log file could be helpful, which you could post as attachment. It contains error messages and warnings, which can help in fixing. Better than just "I'm having trouble". ;-)

It could simply be a missing package, for example, or after the update a package might work somehow differently.

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ojones
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Re: Old Documents not compilable after Update

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I'm having problems with all my files and so don't see the point of posting specific code. There's obviously something wrong at a general level. Case in point: I uninstalled MikTeX 2.9 and installed MikTeX 2.8. All files are now compiling and rendering correctly.

I noticed that the YAP for 2.8 is different to that for 2.9. Maybe this is the problem. I can't believe I'm the only one experiencing this problem and I'm surprised this is not a known issue.
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ojones wrote:I'm having problems with all my files and so don't see the point of posting specific code.
In that case, the .log file would be useful.

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Re: Old Documents not compilable after Update

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I no longer have 2.9 installed and so can't provide a .log file. Anyway, 2.8 is working fine and so will postpone upgrading to 2.9 until I have to. Hopefully by then all issues will have been resolved.
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