[pdftex] Re: Problems with example.tex

[Robin Barker]

> Hello!
> 
> I started to use pdftex quite recently. Trying to process the example.tex file 
> I received the following error report which illustrates both my problems:
> 
> 1) pdftex does recognise some pdf primitives and doesn't recognise the others. 
> The main concern is \pdfimage failure. I really need this one;

You have to replace 
\pdfimage ... { ... }
by
\pdfximage ... { ... }\pdfrefximage\pdflastximage

Or you can \usepackage{pdfimage} and continue to use \pdfimage.

Where pdfimage.sty is a package I wrote, given below.
> 2) what should be valid values in pdftex.map instead of (850)?

Replace 850 by .850 throughout pdftex.map
 
> I would be very grateful if somebody can propose some medicine to fix the things.
> 
> Best regards,
> Konstantin Mousatov
> tvp at tvp.ru

\ProvidesPackage{pdfimage}[2000/04/03 Define macro pdfimage $Revision: 1.1 $]
\ifnum\pdftexversion>13
\def\pdfimage#1#{%
 \def\@pdfimage##1{\pdfximage #1{##1}\pdfrefximage\pdflastximage}\@pdfimage}
\fi

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