RE: [MiKTeX] Problem with PiCTeX and beamer

[The L. <the...@gm...>]

> I thought that the default for MiKTeX was to use etex - what do I need 
> to do to get it into extended mode so that this will work?  Is this mode 
> likely to break anything else?  I'm using  MiKTeX 2.4, with the date on 
> the  miktex-etex-bin package being 2004-07-08.

David, try this: When you open the MiKTeX Options application from the
MiKTeX folder in the start menu, click on the TeX Formats tab. Now when you
select latex from the list and click on the Edit button, it will show you
the Compiler used. In my case it shows e-TeX (Extended Mode), which should
be the default selection. If for some reason this is not selected in your
case, try selecting it, click Ok, and then click the Build button to rebuild
the format files for the latex format. In case you are using pdftex or any
other tex listed, do the same for those formats.

This is more like a wild guess, and the only place I can think of where you
actually select the tex engine which is used for translation. However, I'm
not exactly sure what the function of the format files is and how they
affect your build. Still, it might be worth a try. Maybe somebody else has a
better explanation/solution.

Good luck,
Sascha!