How can I get pstricks and tikz to work in the same document?

Question

I'm trying to get a \psbarcode in my document which also uses a tikzpicture. I'm using \usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pst-barcode}, but---even though the document compiles and shows a document afterwards---the barcode doesn't show up... Any ideas what I should do exactly?

Answer 1

This works for me with pdflatex --shell-escape myfile assuming that the following is saved as myfile.tex.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}
\usepackage{pst-barcode}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
      \draw (0,0) circle(2cm);
    \end{tikzpicture}
    \begin{pspicture}
    \psbarcode[scalex=.75,scaley=.75]
    {Harish Kumar}{eclevel=L}{qrcode}
    \end{pspicture}
\end{document}

Edit

I think some more help is needed in compiling as per the comments. In TeXworks, Go to Edit → Preferences. The following window appears:

Here click Typesetting tab. In this click + button (shown with arrow above). In the small new tool window that opens, enter the following values:

Click OK in all and come out. Now compile with pdflatexshell by selecting it in the drop down menu next to green arrow.

Hope it will be useful.

Flying with arara

You can also use the tex automation tool arara. Download and install arara. In texlive, it comes along with by default. Add a menu entry in TeXworks for arara. The elegantly written manual has a section on how to do this for different editors including TeXworks. Follow the steps above (for pdflatexshell) and in the new tool window type like this:

Now press OK whenver you find it and you will have a new menu in the drop down list next to green arrow. Choose arara in it. Add the line % arara: pdflatex: { shell: yes} like

% arara: pdflatex: { shell: yes}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}
\usepackage{pst-barcode}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
      \draw (0,0) circle(2cm);
    \end{tikzpicture}
    \begin{pspicture}
    \psbarcode[scalex=.75,scaley=.75]
    {Harish Kumar}{eclevel=L}{qrcode}
    \end{pspicture}
\end{document}

in your code and press green button:

Answer 2

Run with xelatex:

\listfiles
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-barcode}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
      \draw (0,0) circle(2cm);
    \end{tikzpicture}
    \begin{pspicture}(1in,1in)
    \psbarcode[scalex=.75,scaley=.75]{foo}{eclevel=L}{qrcode}
    \end{pspicture}
\end{document}