This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX 2.7) (preloaded format=latex 2010.7.8) 10 SEP 2010 13:53 entering extended mode **OutlineOfSimulations ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\tools\x.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. ! . l.33 \batchmode \errmessage{} \csname @@end\endcsname \end This error message was generated by an \errmessage command, so I can't give any explicit help. Pretend that you're Hercule Poirot: Examine all clues, and deduce the truth by order and method. ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 7 strings out of 95305 116 string characters out of 1183060 45021 words of memory out of 1500000 3306 multiletter control sequences out of 110000 3640 words of font info for 14 fonts, out of 3000000 for 5000 14 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 5i,0n,1p,106b,8s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,50000s No pages of output.