Re: [MiKTeX] textblock-statement doesnt work with miktex 2.7 or 2.8

[Philip G. R. <phi...@fa...>]

> i have a big problem with my bachelor thesis. I have a standard title 
> style but since i installed windows 7 and miktex 2.7 or 
> miktex 2.8 the 
> "textblock" statement doesn't work anymore. Can anybody help 
> me, please?
> 
> Here an example:
> \documentclass[%
> pdftex,%
> a4paper,% % DIN A4
> oneside,% % einseitiger Druck
> headsepline,% % Strich unter der Kopfzeile
> 12pt,% % 12pt Schriftgröße
> ]{article}
> 
> \usepackage{color}
> \usepackage{textpos}
> \definecolor{green}{rgb}{0,0.78,0.54}
> 
> \begin{document}
> The textblock statement doesnt work in miktex2.7/8:
> \begin{textblock}{210}(0,99)
> I cant see this Text!
> \textblockcolor{green}
> \vspace*{99mm}\hspace{1cm}
> \end{textblock}
> \end{document}

Did you try reading the manual or playing with the length arguments?

I quote the Textpos manual:

p.2
\begin{textblock}{<hsize>}(<hpos>,<vpos>)
text...
\end{textblock}

The <hsize> and <hpos> arguments are given in units of a module
\TPHorizModule, and <vpos> is  given  in  units  of  a  module
\TPVertModule. ...  The text in the environment will be set in a box <hsize>
modules wide, and placed on the page with its upper left corner
at the position (hpos,vpos). As is natural in TEX, the <vpos> parameter
indicates distance down from the reference point.

p.6
\TPVertModule  The length unit which is used for the vertical positioning
and \TPVertModule size parameters of the { textblock } environment. Set it
using the command \setlength{\TPVertModule}{ h dimen i } (or \addtolength).
The default is one sixteenth of the paper height.

Thus, your command sets the block 99/16 paper heights down!

Cheers, Phil