[pstricks] pst-grad

[Herbert Voss]

Ioan E. Lager wrote:
> Recently, I wanted to add "gradient" features to my PSTricks figures. However,
> I failed completely to get usable results. The small codes that I generated
> were compiled and the dvips went well, but Ghostview does not render the files,
> aborting with an error message. 
>
>
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.5)
> entering extended mode
> (test.tex
>   
...
>  v97 patch 4, 1997/09/26)) (C:\texmf\tex\latex\New\pst-grad.sty
> (C:\texmf\tex\latex\New\pst-grad.tex  v97 patch 1, 1997/04/28))
>   

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-grad/

please update pst-grad and try again with the following minimal
example. If it fails again, send also your TeX-logfile.


\listfiles
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{pst-grad}

\begin{document}

\pspicture(0,0)(10,10)
  \psframe[fillstyle=gradient,gradmidpoint=1,gradangle=45](4,2)
\endpspicture

\end{document}

Herbert