R help - Sep 2007 - Executing a DOS proram from R

Good morning,

I wrote a function to generate tables using LaTex.  The function creates a .tex
file with all the layouts I want.  I would now like to call pdflatex.exe from
inside this same function.  Does anyone know an R command to do this?  And also,
what is the form of the pdflatex command to compile a .tex file?  I always use
WinEdt so I never actually call pdflatex.exe directly.  Is the call just:

            pdflatex filename.tex

or is there something else I need to know to create a pdf file using LaTex?

Thanks,

Walt Paczkowski

Walter Paczkowski wrote:
> Good morning,
> 
> I wrote a function to generate tables using LaTex.  The function creates a
.tex file with all the layouts I want.  I would now like to call pdflatex.exe
from inside this same function.  Does anyone know an R command to do this?  And
also, what is the form of the pdflatex command to compile a .tex file?  I always
use WinEdt so I never actually call pdflatex.exe directly.  Is the call just:
> 
>             pdflatex filename.tex
> 
> or is there something else I need to know to create a pdf file using LaTex?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Walt Paczkowski
  The following works for me and puts the resulting PDF into the R
current working directory:

system("pdflatex c:/myfolder/filename.tex")

?system
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