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One problem I can see if that your "latex" command is really pdflatex.
This will not work with texpoint because it expects that latex will
generate a dvi file. Have you done anything to rename pdflatex to
latex?

The biggest problem you are having is that texpoint cannot run any
commands, even pstoedit which does not depend on the PATH (it is part
of the texpoint distribution).

Can you check that pstoedit.exe is indeed in C:\Program Files\TexPoint?

My best guess is that there is some antivirus or security setting that
prevents Powerpoint from executing external commands.

George.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Kamil Bradler <kbradler at cs.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>  Thanks for your answer. You can find it below. Funnily enough, just moments
> ago dvips and ghostscript were OK but it did not produce any output and
> TeXpoint didn't work either.
>
> Best,
> Kamil
>
>
>
> TexPoint Configuration Information
>
> Please include this information if you contact the authors with a problem.
>
> Version: 3.3.1 (Win) (June 15, 2010)
> Built on Wed Jun 16 22:45:33 2010 for Office 2003
> User: dust
> Running on: eKXZdjUFuvwyy57I
> in: PowerPoint  version 11.0 (Office 2003), build 8307, running on Windows
> (32-bit) 6.01 (Vista)
>
> Licensing:  - Licensed to kbradler at cs.mcgill.ca
> running as AddIn: TexPoint
> TexPoint path: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\
> Document path: C:\a
> Document name: PIa.ppt
> current path: C:\a
> work directory: C:\a\
>
> PATH variable: C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\OFFICE11\;C:\Windows/system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows/System32/Wbem;C:\Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/;C:/Program
> Files/MATLAB/R2010a/runtime/win32;C:/Program
> Files/MATLAB/R2010a/bin;C:\texlive\2009\bin\win32;c:\Program
> Files\gs871\gs8.71;c:\Program Files\gs871\gs8.71\bin
>
> TEXPOINTLIC environment variable:
> License File: C:\Users\dust\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.lic
> TEXPOINTINI environment variable:
> Configuration File: C:\Users\dust\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini
> ==== Contents of C:\Users\dust\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini ====
> #TexPoint global settings
> #Only settings that are different from default values are written
> wrap=0
> ebheight=271
> toolbar=0
> toolbarpos=4,150,150
> ==== end of C:\Users\dust\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini ====
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> <<<< checking your LaTeX setup (needed for Tex, Equation displays) >>>>
> => LaTeX is OK <=
>> Output of command latex -version is
>
>
> C:\a>latex -version
> pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (Web2C 2009)
> kpathsea version 5.0.0
> Copyright 2009 Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX).
> There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is
> covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX copyright and
> the Lesser GNU General Public License.
> For more information about these matters, see the file
> named COPYING and the pdfTeX source.
> Primary author of pdfTeX: Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX).
> Compiled with libpng 1.2.40; using libpng 1.2.40
> Compiled with zlib 1.2.3; using zlib 1.2.3
> Compiled with xpdf version 3.02pl4
>
>
> Exit code was 0
>
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> <<<< checking your dvips setup (needed for Tex, Equation displays) >>>>
> => dvips check FAILED!!! You must install latex, and you must add it to the
> PATH
> Otherwise, you cannot use displays
> <error calling: dvips>
> <no output generated>
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> <<<< checking your ghostscript setup (needed for Tex, Equation, Postscript
> displays)>>>>
> => ghostscript check FAILED!!! You must install Ghostscript and you must add
> it to the PATH
> Otherwise, you cannot use displays
> <error calling: gswin32c>
> <no output generated>
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> <<<< checking your pstoedit setup (needed for Outline Tex, Equation
> displays)>>>>
> => pstoedit check FAILED!!! You cannot use Outline/EMF format for displays
> pstoedit found here: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe
> <error calling: "C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe">
> <no output generated>
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> <<<< checking your ImageMagick setup (optional, needed for Pictures
> displays) >>>>
> => convert check FAILED!!! You can still use most of TexPoint, except
> picture displays
> <error calling: convert.exe>
> <no output generated>
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> <<<< checking your gnuplot setup (needed for Plot displays) >>>>
> => gnuplot check FAILED!!! You can still use most of TexPoint, except plot
> displays
> <error calling: pgnuplot.exe>
> <no output generated>
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> If all external commands are OK, TexPoint is fully functional. In case a
> 'FAILED' is shown, some features will not work. You may want to install the
> indicated software and/or check the global (on Mac: the bash) path
> configuration. Please also check the manual for details.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/4/2010 6:48 AM, TexPoint Service wrote:
>>
>>  Can you please send us the stuff in the Information box? Something
>> must be not set properly if texpoint cannot invoke the commands.
>>
>> George.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Kamil Bradler<kbradler at cs.mcgill.ca>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> I have TexPoint v 3.3.1 running on MS PP 2003 on W7. I'm not able to get
>>> it
>>> running. since In Information it says checking my latex, dvips and
>>> ghostcript and it fails. However, I have everyting in the PATH and I'm
>>> able
>>> to run it from a command line (latex -version, dvips -version and
>>> gswin32c).
>>> Oddly enough, sometime it returns exit code zero for latex but stops at
>>> dvips.
>>>
>>> Thanks for you suggestions,
>>> Kamil
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