[protext] proTeXt installation

[Thomas Feuerstack]

Hi,

Rex Shudde schrieb:
> I recently installed the TeXLive 2007 distribution (on an XP machine) as 
> well as following the instructions for installing proTeXt per "The Quickest 
> Way to a TeX System."  This included downloading and installing Ghostscript 
> and GSview.  Now I'm ready to follow the instructions on page 11 of the 
> manual:
>    1. "Start TeXnicCenter, and compose your document."   Here I loaded a TeX 
> file which had previously been compiled using PCTeX.
>    2. "Select and Output Profile..."  I selected TeX => DVI since this is 
> the mode I've operated in for at least 20 years.  (I'm not a LaTeX user.)
>    3. "Click on the icon for Build current file... Do this as many times as 
> needed to resolve all cross references..."  I click on the icon and the 
> *only* thing that occurs is the message
>   ------Output Profile: TeX => DVI -----
> appears on the Build tab at the bottom of the screen. There are no error 
> messages or anything.  Just in case it compiled and I didn't know it, I 
> clicked on the View Output icon and the message "Cannot execute the command" 
> appears.
> 
> What am I missing or not doing?

okay, this sounds as if you havn't installed the MiKTeX engine or 
otherwise its not right connected to TeXnicCenter (be aware, that the 
TeX machine isn't include in TeXnicCenter by default). Therefore:

1. Make sure that you've already installed MiKTeX by having processed 
the steps beginning on page 7 of the manual. In case you're unsure open 
a DOS-Window, type tex and see what happens (you shouldn't receive a 
response like 'Unknown command...')

2. If MiKTeX will be found on your system, perhaps its not correctly 
configured in TeXnicCenter. While you've started TC for the first time, 
did you see the window shown on page 10 of the manual, and have you 
configured 'C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.5\miktex\bin' as directory where 
the executables live?

Regards - Thomas

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