Including .eps files in pdfLaTeX

[frying_pan_cat]

Does anyone know how to include .eps files in a pdfLaTeX document so that I can compile the file straight to PDF rather than having to run LaTeX at the command line and compile it to a DVI file?

I did find something telling me to include the lines

\ifpdf
	\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{}
\fi

which got me around the problem of it not recognising .eps as a graphics extension, but now it says

! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> U:\ECMM 
                   713\Hurricanes \Forward Hurricane1.eps
l.3 ...:\ECMM713\Hurricanes\Forward Hurricane1.eps

I have tried converting the .eps files to pdf too but I couldn't get that to work either.

So can anyone tell me if it's possible to use pdfLaTeX with .eps input files, and if not what is the easiest way to get a PDF dosument out?

Thanks


EDIT: I've just noticed that the second error does not have the correct location of the file in as it has changed. Changing it to the correct location gives the error

! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 3.
<inserted text> 
                \fi 
l.234 ...aphics[width=125mm]{ForwardHurricane.eps}

 

[azteched]

I don't think you can use eps files with pdflatex.
I would convert eps stuff to pdf (there's a whole set of converter tools, eps2pdf, ps2pdf, etc; pdfcrop might also be useful..).

 

[Inquisitor]

Can't you just compile to a DVI file as normal and then generate a PDF with dvipdf?

latex somefile.tex
dvipdf somefile.dvi

This should circumvent the problems with EPS graphics.

 

[frying_pan_cat]

Can't you just compile to a DVI file as normal and then generate a PDF with dvipdf?

latex somefile.tex
dvipdf somefile.dvi

This should circumvent the problems with EPS graphics.

I tried that but it doesn't like the command dvipdf. I did manage to get it working with

dvipdfm file.dvi

but for some reason I get an error

** WARNING ** -1 memory objects still allocated

It seems to have typeset OK though so I guess it's nothing to worry about