gnuplot and TexnicCenter setup

Question

I just downloaded and ran the gnuplot setup exe. Now, how do I setup TeXnicCenter and gnuplot so I can use gnuplot with TikZ?

So I have been able to add --enable-write18 but the inverted cycloid doesn't generate when I compile.

I keep receiving the error pgf warning:

plot data file '211*Homework*8.pgf-plot.table' not found.

I have uninstalled and re-installed gnuplots. I created the environment variable gnuplots located in the bin folder. I have a file in there named gnuplots.exe but there is also a pgnuplots.exe. If I rename pgnu, it will ask me to replace the gnu or rename it. I have tried putting gnuplots.exe on the desktop and renaming pgnuplots. I have edited command line arguments for Latex to PDf to -synctex=-1 -max-print-line=120 -interaction=nonstopmode "%wm" --enable-write18 (and I have tried -shell-escape). Where the above error occurs no matter what

Does anyone actually know how to set gnuplots up in TexnicCenter with MiKTeX for Windows 7 64bit? If so, can you walk through each piece line by line. By that I mean, environment variable name, should pgnuplot in bin be renamed and replace gnuplot, command line argument for Latex to PDF, and whatever else is missing to rectify the plot data file not found.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{tikz, tikz-qtree, pgfplots, tikz-3dplot}
\usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}

\usetikzlibrary{arrows,decorations.markings,calc,fadings,decorations.pathreplacing, patterns, decorations.pathmorphing, positioning}
 \allsectionsfont{\sffamily\raggedright\underline} 
 \begin{document}
 \begin{tikzpicture}[line join = round, line cap = round, >=triangle 45]
 \draw[->] (0,0) -- (6.2,0);
 \foreach \x in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}
 \draw[shift = {(\x,0)}, color = black] (0pt,2pt) -- (0pt,-2pt) node[below]    {\footnotesize $\x$};
 \draw[<-] (0,-2) -- (0,0);
 \foreach \y in {0,-1}
 \draw[shift = {(0,\y)}] (2pt,0pt) -- (-2pt,0pt) node[left] {\footnotesize $\y$};
 \draw (0pt,-10pt) node[fill = white] {\footnotesize $0$};
 \clip(0,-2) rectangle (6.2,0);
 \draw[smooth, samples = 100, domain = 0:6.28319] plot[parametric] function{t - sin((t)*180/pi), -1 + cos((t)*180/pi)};
 \end{tikzpicture}
 \end{document}

Answer 1

I don't use gnuplottex but I have enabled the --shell-escape option as the following

In the second command box I have the following setting:

-synctex=-1 -max-print-line=120 -interaction=nonstopmode "%wm" -shell-escape

and that should be enough for your MWE.

Your code with the following lines commented out

\usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}
\allsectionsfont{\sffamily\raggedright\underline} 

I get the following picture