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I'm using the Circuitikz package to draw a circuit which has a pnp transistor. The editor I use is TexStudio. It gives me the following error:

! Undefined control sequence.
\pgf@sh@bg@pnp -> \pgftransformationadjustments
\pgfsetcolor {\pgfkeysvalueo...
l.10 ;

The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), typeI' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

I created a MWE. If I compile the empty document, and then with the drawing of the pnp transistor, it still compiles, draws the transistor, and gives me the error. When I don't compile it beforehand (so there's no preview open) and then try to compile with the drawing of the pnp transistor, it gives me the error and doesn't compile.

MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\begin{document} 
    \begin{circuitikz}
        \draw
            (0,0) node [pnp] {node}
        ;
    \end{circuitikz}
\end{document}

Also, the following (which is just a node, not a pnp transistor) works fine:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\begin{document} 
    \begin{circuitikz}
        \draw
            (0,0) node {node}
        ;
    \end{circuitikz}
\end{document}

I don't see why it gives me the error, I did what was in the Circuitikz manual (page 22). All code from other people on the internet, and examples I find, is the same, so that didn't get me any further, either.

EDIT

I added something to the code, which now is as follows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\begin{document} 
    \begin{circuitikz}
        \draw
            (0,0) node [pnp] {node}
        ;
    \end{circuitikz}
\end{document}

It doesn't complain about the semicolon anymore, but now I have these errors instead:

! Undefined control sequence.
...pgfverticaltransformationadjustment
.5\pgflinewidth
l.11 (
pnp.B) to (-2,0)

The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), typeI' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

! Missing number, treated as zero.

p
l.11 (
pnp.B) to (-2,0)

A number should have been here; I inserted 0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look upweird error' in the index to The TeXbook.)

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  • Your MWE works fine for me. Make sure your packages are up to date and you are running PDFlatex (also called Latex->PDF). Aug 30, 2016 at 14:31
  • Just checked. I am using PDFlatex. According to MiKTeX I installed the circuitikz pagacke on 2016-07-09, and it was packaged on 2016-06-07. So that should be right, I suppose. Could it be that any other of my packages is outdated and that that causes the trouble?
    – Abby
    Aug 30, 2016 at 14:39
  • Is TikZ up to date? Aug 30, 2016 at 14:46
  • Alright, I'm now running an MiKTeX Update as admin. First only saw the Package Manager...
    – Abby
    Aug 30, 2016 at 14:52
  • Yes, running that update worked! Thank you!
    – Abby
    Aug 30, 2016 at 15:13

1 Answer 1

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Providing an answer to my own question to close off the question, and maybe help other people in the future.

As mentioned in the comments by John Kormylo:

Make sure your packages are up to date.

I did this by going to the MiKTeX Update (Admin) and simply updating the packages. That did the trick.

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