[texpoint-users] [texpoint-authors] Windows Vista installation issues ...

Mike West mike at stat.duke.edu
Tue May 8 18:37:07 PDT 2007


George - thanks, yeah, I fixed that but still have the same problem -- 
see the (slightly different)
series of errors below.  Any more thoughts?

>  I am not sure what the problem is with the installer, but it seems that the
> installation has worked. 
> 
>  The problem you are having with ghostscript is that you have set the PATH
> wrong. I see 
> " C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gswin32c" in your PATH. You should leave
> out the "gswin32c" part, unless you have a very strange configuration. 
> 
>  George. 
> 
TexPoint Configuration Information

Version: 3.0.1 (Win) (February 15, 2007)
Built on Sat Feb 17 14:18:25 2007 for Office 11.0
User: Mike
Running on: DKhkvZNFuvwxy5M7
Hosted by Powerpoint
Licensing:  - Licensed to mw at stat.duke.edu
running as AddIn: TexPoint
TexPoint path: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\
Document path: C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS\
Document name: mw.graphs.decomp.etc.ppt
current path: C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS
work directory: C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS\

PowerPoint  version 11.0 (Office 2003), build 5529, running on Windows 
(32-bit) 6.00 (Vista)

PATH variable: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\;C:\Program 
Files\MiKTeX 
2.6\miktex\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\wbem;c:\program 
files\common files\roxio shared\dllshared\;c:\program files\common 
files\roxio shared\dllshared\;c:\program files\common files\roxio 
shared\9.0\dllshared\;C:\Program 
Files\MATLAB\R2006a\bin\win32;C:\Program Files\SSH Communications 
Security\SSH Secure Shell; C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin

TEXPOINTINI environment variable:
Configuration File: C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini
==== Contents of C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini ====
#TexPoint global settings
#Only settings that are different from default values are written
wrap=0
ebheight=358
toolbarpos=0,150,150,1

==== end of C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini ====

**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
 >>>> checking external command line tools <<<<

<<<< checking your LaTeX setup >>>>
=> LaTeX is OK <=
 > Output of command latex -version is (error code 0)


C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS>latex -version
MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.6.2659 (1.40.3) (MiKTeX 2.6)
Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. Knuth, (C) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh
TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society.


<<<< checking your dvips setup >>>>
=> dvips is OK <=
 > Output of command dvips -version is (error code 0)


C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS>dvips -version
This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2007 Radical Eye Software 
(www.radicaleye.com)


<<<< checking your ghostscript setup >>>>
=> ghostscript check FAILED!!!
<error calling: gswin32c>

<<<< checking your pstoedit setup >>>>
=> pstoedit is OK <=
pstoedit found here: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe
 > Output of command "C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe" -v -gstest 
is (error code 0)


C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS>"C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe" 
-v -gstest
pstoedit: version 3.44 / DLL interface 108 (build Jul 28 2006 - release 
build - MS VC++ 1310) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2006 Wolfgang Glunz
pstoedit : path to myself:C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe 38 
C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe
Could not open plug-in directory (C:\Program Files\TexPoint or didn't 
find any plugin there
didn't find value in registry, trying gsview32.ini
looking in C:\Users\Mike\gsview32.ini
Latest GS DLL is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
Latest GS EXE is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gswin32c.exe
Versions: 1
  853
    GS_DLL=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
    GS_LIB=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\lib;C:\Program 
Files\gs\fonts;C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\Resource
Latest GS DLL is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
Value found is:C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
first trying registry for common/GS_LIB
didn't find value in registry, trying gsview32.
ini
looking in C:\Users\Mike\gsview32.ini
still not found an entry - now trying GS_LIB
nothing found so far, trying default
now calling the interpreter via: C:\Program 
Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT 
-dESTACKPRINT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS
AFPL Ghostscript 8.53 (2005-10-20)
Copyright (C) 2005 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
GS>

<<<< checking your ImageMagick setup >>>>
=> convert check FAILED!!!
<error calling: convert.exe>

<<<< checking your gnuplot setup >>>>
=> gnuplot check FAILED!!!
<error calling: pgnuplot.exe>

If all external commands are OK, TexPoint is fully functional. In case a 
'FAILED' is shown, install the indicated software and/or check the 
global (on Mac: the bash) path configuration. Please also check the 
manual for details.

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