The paths are correct, but are on a separate drive from the webserver. Would it matter that the paths have spaces in the names?
"C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe"
Matt
Now I have the problem that it still doesn't display. the texdebug.php page shows this for command output:
Checking executables
latex executable (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe) is readabledvips executable (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\dvips.exe ) is readable
convert executable (C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.4.0-Q16\convert.exe ) is readable
base filename for expression is 'd1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90'
Processing TeX expression:
f(x)=\Bigint_{-\infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt
$ C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe --interaction=nonstopmode E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.tex OUTPUT: RETURN CODE: 1
$ C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\dvips.exe -E E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.dvi -o E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.ps OUTPUT: RETURN CODE: 1
$ C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.4.0-Q16\convert.exe -density 240 -trim E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.ps E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.gif OUTPUT: RETURN CODE: 1 Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.gif in E:\Moodle_webserver\moodle\lib\filelib.php on line 560 Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.gif in E:\Moodle_webserver\moodle\lib\filelib.php on line 561 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at E:\Moodle_webserver\moodle\lib\filelib.php:560) in E:\Moodle_webserver\moodle\lib\filelib.php on line 592 Warning: fopen(E:\Moodle_webserver/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.gif) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\Moodle_webserver\moodle\lib\filelib.php on line 875
marcos
Re: Trying to get Miktex etc working on windows 2003
I don't know how Matt solved his MikTeX issue but here is one solution that obviously worked on Windows 2003:
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=118478
Windows Vista may have some problems with User Access Control that does not allow using of executable files for IUSER (or other users of Vista) and does not necessarely allow you to change permissions, use system files or folders to save/move temporary images etc.
Re: Trying to get Miktex etc working on windows 2003
Here is my command execution output:
Checking executables
latex executable (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe) is readabledvips executable (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\dvips.exe) is readable
convert executable (C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.5.2-Q16\convert.exe) is readable
base filename for expression is 'd1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90'
Processing TeX expression:
f(x)=\Bigint_{-\infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt
$ "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe" --interaction=nonstopmode D:\moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.tex OUTPUT: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX 2.7) entering extended mode (D:/moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.tex LaTeX2e <2005/12/01> Babel and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge rman, ngerman, german-x-2008-06-18, ngerman-x-2008-06-18, french, loaded. ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\article.cls" Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\size12.clo")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\inputenc.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\latin1.def")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsmath\amsmath.sty" For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option. ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsmath\amstext.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsmath\amsgen.sty")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsmath\amsbsy.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsmath\amsopn.sty")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsfonts\amsfonts.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsfonts\amssymb.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\latexsym.sty") (d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.aux) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsfonts\umsa.fd") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsfonts\umsb.fd") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\ulasy.fd") ! Undefined control sequence. l.8 $ f(x)=\Bigint _{-\infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt $ [1] (d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.aux) ) (see the transcript file for additional information) Output written on d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.dvi (1 page, 436 bytes). Transcript written on d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.log. RETURN CODE: 1
$ "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\dvips.exe" -q -E D:\moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.dvi OUTPUT: RETURN CODE: 0
$ "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.5.2-Q16\convert.exe" -density 240 -trim D:\moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.ps D:\moodledata/temp/latex/d1e56126337cd6e29b16fe759232ce90.gif OUTPUT: RETURN CODE: 1
Re: Trying to get Miktex etc working on windows 2003
Well if I had to guess something I would guess that permissions could still be changed - some executable files need to be executable and sometimes you need to give also write permissions for used folders for IUSER (or other users) although it is not wise from the point of security if those files are directly web accessible - but they are not inside web root...
Re: Trying to get Miktex etc working on windows 2003
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