[pdftex] pdftex option does not work with standard TeX

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 08:02:06PM +0200, bianca-klein at freenet.de wrote:

> Dear pdftex-list members,
> 
> I am in trouble with the graphix package. Two years ago I worked with a
> former MikTeX version. The header of my documents contained the line:
> \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
> 
> Therefore I was able to include pdf graphics in my document and translate
> the whole document to pdf without any problems. Now I am working with the
> miktex version 2.3 including the file pdftex.def (version 2002/06/19
> v0.03k). Unfortunately I get the message: "pdftex option does not work
> with standard TeX" if I try to translate my document to pdf.

* What are you using? TeX or pdfTeX? What is the first line of
  the .log file?
  You need pdfTeX in order to use option "pdftex" with the graphicx
  package.

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>
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