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It has a file of multiple choice questions with 50 questions that wanted to generate evaluations with different questions, for each evaluation limit the number by 10 questions, generating 5 files with different questions.



 documentclass[a4paper]{article}

usepackage[output=exam
,numberofversions=4
,version=1
,seed=1
,randomizequestions=true
,randomizeanswers=true
,writeRfile=false
]{mcexam}

% Packages used for special things
usepackage{tikz,framed}
usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage,totcount,xpatch}
usepackage{calc}

% Set headers and footers
pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhf{}
renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0pt}
renewcommand{footrulewidth}{1pt}
lfoot{mctheversion}
rfoot{Page thepage of pageref{LastPage}}

% Ensure each question+answers is printed entirely on the same page.
renewenvironment{setmcquestion}
{begin{minipage}[t]{linewidth-labelwidth}}
{end{minipage}par}

newtoggle{questionscounted}
globaltogglefalse{questionscounted}
makeatletter
newcommand{patch@mcquestions}{%
iftoggle{questionscounted}
{}
{%
setcounter{numquestions}{value{mc@counter}}%
globaltoggletrue{questionscounted}
}%
}
newcounter{numquestions}
regtotcounter{numquestions}
xpatchcmd{env@mcquestions@process}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumbers}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumberspatch@mcquestions}
{}{}
makeatother


begin{document}


begin{center}
bfseriesLARGE Midterm Exam
end{center}

begin{framed}
centeringbfseriesLargeMakeUppercase{mctheversion}
end{framed}

mcifoutput{concept,exam}{

bigskip

noindent Name: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Student Number: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Program: dotfill

vspace{2baselineskip}


noindenttextbf{Instructions:}
begin{itemize}[nosep]
item This exam has total{numquestions} questions. %THIS THROWS AN UNDEFINED CONTROL SEQUENCE ERROR
end{itemize}
}


begin{mcquestions}

question What is the color of the sky?

begin{mcanswerslist}[fixlast]
answer[correct] blue
answer green
answer red
answer yellow
answer none of the above
end{mcanswerslist}

begin{mcexplanation}
If you look up to the sky and there are no clouds, you'll see it is blue.
end{mcexplanation}

begin{mcnotes}
This question had a large proportion of good answers last year.
end{mcnotes}

question Which figure is a square?
begin{mcanswers}
begin{tabular}{@{}cccc}
answer{1}{tikz{draw (-0.66,0)--(0.66,0)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{2}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(2,0)--(2,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer[correct]{3}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{4}{tikz{draw (0,0) circle[radius=0.5];}}\
answernum{1}&answernum{2}&answernum{3}&answernum{4}\
end{tabular}
end{mcanswers}

end{mcquestions}

end{document}









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  • By my file foreach i in {1,...,10}{ newpage setkeys{mcexam.sty}{version=i,seed=123} begin{mcquestions} input{../path1/file1} input{../path2/file2} end{mcquestions} } Have error compilation used this mode.

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  • Your given code in your question compiles without problems with current MiKTeX 2.9 ... Can you please add the complete error message you get and make sure the given code in your questions results in your error please.

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    2 hours ago
















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It has a file of multiple choice questions with 50 questions that wanted to generate evaluations with different questions, for each evaluation limit the number by 10 questions, generating 5 files with different questions.



 documentclass[a4paper]{article}

usepackage[output=exam
,numberofversions=4
,version=1
,seed=1
,randomizequestions=true
,randomizeanswers=true
,writeRfile=false
]{mcexam}

% Packages used for special things
usepackage{tikz,framed}
usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage,totcount,xpatch}
usepackage{calc}

% Set headers and footers
pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhf{}
renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0pt}
renewcommand{footrulewidth}{1pt}
lfoot{mctheversion}
rfoot{Page thepage of pageref{LastPage}}

% Ensure each question+answers is printed entirely on the same page.
renewenvironment{setmcquestion}
{begin{minipage}[t]{linewidth-labelwidth}}
{end{minipage}par}

newtoggle{questionscounted}
globaltogglefalse{questionscounted}
makeatletter
newcommand{patch@mcquestions}{%
iftoggle{questionscounted}
{}
{%
setcounter{numquestions}{value{mc@counter}}%
globaltoggletrue{questionscounted}
}%
}
newcounter{numquestions}
regtotcounter{numquestions}
xpatchcmd{env@mcquestions@process}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumbers}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumberspatch@mcquestions}
{}{}
makeatother


begin{document}


begin{center}
bfseriesLARGE Midterm Exam
end{center}

begin{framed}
centeringbfseriesLargeMakeUppercase{mctheversion}
end{framed}

mcifoutput{concept,exam}{

bigskip

noindent Name: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Student Number: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Program: dotfill

vspace{2baselineskip}


noindenttextbf{Instructions:}
begin{itemize}[nosep]
item This exam has total{numquestions} questions. %THIS THROWS AN UNDEFINED CONTROL SEQUENCE ERROR
end{itemize}
}


begin{mcquestions}

question What is the color of the sky?

begin{mcanswerslist}[fixlast]
answer[correct] blue
answer green
answer red
answer yellow
answer none of the above
end{mcanswerslist}

begin{mcexplanation}
If you look up to the sky and there are no clouds, you'll see it is blue.
end{mcexplanation}

begin{mcnotes}
This question had a large proportion of good answers last year.
end{mcnotes}

question Which figure is a square?
begin{mcanswers}
begin{tabular}{@{}cccc}
answer{1}{tikz{draw (-0.66,0)--(0.66,0)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{2}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(2,0)--(2,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer[correct]{3}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{4}{tikz{draw (0,0) circle[radius=0.5];}}\
answernum{1}&answernum{2}&answernum{3}&answernum{4}\
end{tabular}
end{mcanswers}

end{mcquestions}

end{document}









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  • @Kurt i am guess merge all accounts now. Thanks for observation

    – Fabio Lima
    2 hours ago











  • By my file foreach i in {1,...,10}{ newpage setkeys{mcexam.sty}{version=i,seed=123} begin{mcquestions} input{../path1/file1} input{../path2/file2} end{mcquestions} } Have error compilation used this mode.

    – Fabio Lima
    2 hours ago













  • Your given code in your question compiles without problems with current MiKTeX 2.9 ... Can you please add the complete error message you get and make sure the given code in your questions results in your error please.

    – Kurt
    2 hours ago














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It has a file of multiple choice questions with 50 questions that wanted to generate evaluations with different questions, for each evaluation limit the number by 10 questions, generating 5 files with different questions.



 documentclass[a4paper]{article}

usepackage[output=exam
,numberofversions=4
,version=1
,seed=1
,randomizequestions=true
,randomizeanswers=true
,writeRfile=false
]{mcexam}

% Packages used for special things
usepackage{tikz,framed}
usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage,totcount,xpatch}
usepackage{calc}

% Set headers and footers
pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhf{}
renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0pt}
renewcommand{footrulewidth}{1pt}
lfoot{mctheversion}
rfoot{Page thepage of pageref{LastPage}}

% Ensure each question+answers is printed entirely on the same page.
renewenvironment{setmcquestion}
{begin{minipage}[t]{linewidth-labelwidth}}
{end{minipage}par}

newtoggle{questionscounted}
globaltogglefalse{questionscounted}
makeatletter
newcommand{patch@mcquestions}{%
iftoggle{questionscounted}
{}
{%
setcounter{numquestions}{value{mc@counter}}%
globaltoggletrue{questionscounted}
}%
}
newcounter{numquestions}
regtotcounter{numquestions}
xpatchcmd{env@mcquestions@process}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumbers}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumberspatch@mcquestions}
{}{}
makeatother


begin{document}


begin{center}
bfseriesLARGE Midterm Exam
end{center}

begin{framed}
centeringbfseriesLargeMakeUppercase{mctheversion}
end{framed}

mcifoutput{concept,exam}{

bigskip

noindent Name: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Student Number: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Program: dotfill

vspace{2baselineskip}


noindenttextbf{Instructions:}
begin{itemize}[nosep]
item This exam has total{numquestions} questions. %THIS THROWS AN UNDEFINED CONTROL SEQUENCE ERROR
end{itemize}
}


begin{mcquestions}

question What is the color of the sky?

begin{mcanswerslist}[fixlast]
answer[correct] blue
answer green
answer red
answer yellow
answer none of the above
end{mcanswerslist}

begin{mcexplanation}
If you look up to the sky and there are no clouds, you'll see it is blue.
end{mcexplanation}

begin{mcnotes}
This question had a large proportion of good answers last year.
end{mcnotes}

question Which figure is a square?
begin{mcanswers}
begin{tabular}{@{}cccc}
answer{1}{tikz{draw (-0.66,0)--(0.66,0)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{2}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(2,0)--(2,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer[correct]{3}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{4}{tikz{draw (0,0) circle[radius=0.5];}}\
answernum{1}&answernum{2}&answernum{3}&answernum{4}\
end{tabular}
end{mcanswers}

end{mcquestions}

end{document}









share|improve this question
















It has a file of multiple choice questions with 50 questions that wanted to generate evaluations with different questions, for each evaluation limit the number by 10 questions, generating 5 files with different questions.



 documentclass[a4paper]{article}

usepackage[output=exam
,numberofversions=4
,version=1
,seed=1
,randomizequestions=true
,randomizeanswers=true
,writeRfile=false
]{mcexam}

% Packages used for special things
usepackage{tikz,framed}
usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage,totcount,xpatch}
usepackage{calc}

% Set headers and footers
pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhf{}
renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0pt}
renewcommand{footrulewidth}{1pt}
lfoot{mctheversion}
rfoot{Page thepage of pageref{LastPage}}

% Ensure each question+answers is printed entirely on the same page.
renewenvironment{setmcquestion}
{begin{minipage}[t]{linewidth-labelwidth}}
{end{minipage}par}

newtoggle{questionscounted}
globaltogglefalse{questionscounted}
makeatletter
newcommand{patch@mcquestions}{%
iftoggle{questionscounted}
{}
{%
setcounter{numquestions}{value{mc@counter}}%
globaltoggletrue{questionscounted}
}%
}
newcounter{numquestions}
regtotcounter{numquestions}
xpatchcmd{env@mcquestions@process}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumbers}
{mc@setQuestionAndAnswerNumberspatch@mcquestions}
{}{}
makeatother


begin{document}


begin{center}
bfseriesLARGE Midterm Exam
end{center}

begin{framed}
centeringbfseriesLargeMakeUppercase{mctheversion}
end{framed}

mcifoutput{concept,exam}{

bigskip

noindent Name: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Student Number: dotfill\[.5baselineskip]
noindent Program: dotfill

vspace{2baselineskip}


noindenttextbf{Instructions:}
begin{itemize}[nosep]
item This exam has total{numquestions} questions. %THIS THROWS AN UNDEFINED CONTROL SEQUENCE ERROR
end{itemize}
}


begin{mcquestions}

question What is the color of the sky?

begin{mcanswerslist}[fixlast]
answer[correct] blue
answer green
answer red
answer yellow
answer none of the above
end{mcanswerslist}

begin{mcexplanation}
If you look up to the sky and there are no clouds, you'll see it is blue.
end{mcexplanation}

begin{mcnotes}
This question had a large proportion of good answers last year.
end{mcnotes}

question Which figure is a square?
begin{mcanswers}
begin{tabular}{@{}cccc}
answer{1}{tikz{draw (-0.66,0)--(0.66,0)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{2}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(2,0)--(2,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer[correct]{3}{tikz{draw (0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle;}}&
answer{4}{tikz{draw (0,0) circle[radius=0.5];}}\
answernum{1}&answernum{2}&answernum{3}&answernum{4}\
end{tabular}
end{mcanswers}

end{mcquestions}

end{document}






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  • @Kurt i am guess merge all accounts now. Thanks for observation

    – Fabio Lima
    2 hours ago











  • By my file foreach i in {1,...,10}{ newpage setkeys{mcexam.sty}{version=i,seed=123} begin{mcquestions} input{../path1/file1} input{../path2/file2} end{mcquestions} } Have error compilation used this mode.

    – Fabio Lima
    2 hours ago













  • Your given code in your question compiles without problems with current MiKTeX 2.9 ... Can you please add the complete error message you get and make sure the given code in your questions results in your error please.

    – Kurt
    2 hours ago



















  • It looks like you've got two separate accounts, which means you cannot edit your original post or leave comments. The Stack Exchange staff can merge them together for you.

    – Kurt
    3 hours ago











  • @Kurt i am guess merge all accounts now. Thanks for observation

    – Fabio Lima
    2 hours ago











  • By my file foreach i in {1,...,10}{ newpage setkeys{mcexam.sty}{version=i,seed=123} begin{mcquestions} input{../path1/file1} input{../path2/file2} end{mcquestions} } Have error compilation used this mode.

    – Fabio Lima
    2 hours ago













  • Your given code in your question compiles without problems with current MiKTeX 2.9 ... Can you please add the complete error message you get and make sure the given code in your questions results in your error please.

    – Kurt
    2 hours ago

















It looks like you've got two separate accounts, which means you cannot edit your original post or leave comments. The Stack Exchange staff can merge them together for you.

– Kurt
3 hours ago





It looks like you've got two separate accounts, which means you cannot edit your original post or leave comments. The Stack Exchange staff can merge them together for you.

– Kurt
3 hours ago













@Kurt i am guess merge all accounts now. Thanks for observation

– Fabio Lima
2 hours ago





@Kurt i am guess merge all accounts now. Thanks for observation

– Fabio Lima
2 hours ago













By my file foreach i in {1,...,10}{ newpage setkeys{mcexam.sty}{version=i,seed=123} begin{mcquestions} input{../path1/file1} input{../path2/file2} end{mcquestions} } Have error compilation used this mode.

– Fabio Lima
2 hours ago







By my file foreach i in {1,...,10}{ newpage setkeys{mcexam.sty}{version=i,seed=123} begin{mcquestions} input{../path1/file1} input{../path2/file2} end{mcquestions} } Have error compilation used this mode.

– Fabio Lima
2 hours ago















Your given code in your question compiles without problems with current MiKTeX 2.9 ... Can you please add the complete error message you get and make sure the given code in your questions results in your error please.

– Kurt
2 hours ago





Your given code in your question compiles without problems with current MiKTeX 2.9 ... Can you please add the complete error message you get and make sure the given code in your questions results in your error please.

– Kurt
2 hours ago










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