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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{datatool}
\usepackage{glossaries}

\makeglossaries
\begin{document}
\chapter{Hello}
\section{First Section} 
Hello World
\newglossaryentry{electrolyte}{name=electrolyte,
description={solution able to conduct electric current}}
\printglossaries
\end{document}

For the following example it will generate the following error

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I suspect that the package didn't install properly, but I could not find anywhere in TexNicCenter to reinstall package. Anyone know how I can fix this problem?

UPDATE 1

I found where I could uninstall the package. The problem wasn't with the install of the package though. I still need help to fix this problem!

UPDATE 2

It compiles now, but the glossary page is not generated. Anyone that could help with it?

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Texniccenter does not manage the package, it's the role of your Tex distribution (MikTex ou TexLive). Have you installed the package datatool? By googling datatool-base.sty, it seems to be related to this package... – Lionel MANSUY Dec 18 '12 at 12:24
Lionel is absolutely right: It is in no way related to TeXnicCenter (hence my edit). You must install datatool. If you‘d say, what TeX distribution you’ve installed, we could give more help. – Speravir Dec 18 '12 at 21:50
I have installed the MiKTeX distribution. I added the datatool package now. And it compiles however I don't get any new page with the glossaries that I add. I updated my example with the changes to the document – starcorn Dec 19 '12 at 0:39
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@starcorn: The glossary is processed in a similar way to an index. That is, you compile with (pdf)latex, run makeglossaries, and then re-compile using (pdf)latex. From the glossaries readme: "The pack­age uses an in­dex­ing pro­gram to pro­vide the ac­tual glos­sary; ei­ther makein­dex or xindy may serve this pur­pose, and a Perl script is pro­vided to serve as in­ter­face." See section 1.3 Generating the Associated Glossary Files of the glossaries documentation. – Werner Dec 19 '12 at 0:53

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You have to use Hello World \gls{electrolyte}:

\documentclass{report}    
\usepackage{datatool}
\usepackage{glossaries}    

\makeglossaries
\newglossaryentry{electrolyte}{name=electrolyte,
description={solution able to conduct electric current}}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Hello}
\section{First Section} 
Hello World \gls{electrolyte}
\printglossaries

\end{document}

Now run

pdflatex yourfile.tex
makeindex.exe -s yourfile.ist -t yourfile.glg -o yourfile.gls yourfile.glo (from command prompt)
pdflatex yourfile.tex

Where yourfile is the name of your main tex file. Run makeindex through command prompt inside your folder where you have kept the tex file.

You will get:

enter image description here

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The part when you run makeindex, I don't have some of the file. in the folder I miss yourfile.glg, yourfile.gls. Do I need to create them myself? And also is it possible to add the command prompt part in texniccenter, so I can have it automated instead? – starcorn Dec 19 '12 at 1:19
@starcorn: They are created when you run that command. You need not create them. Or if texniccenter has an option to run makeglossaries, you better use it. – Harish Kumar Dec 19 '12 at 1:45
I had to run latex myFileName and then makeglossaries myFileName to generate the glg and gls. – starcorn Dec 21 '12 at 20:32

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