Windows API error 2 compiling latex pdf on Hmisc describe

Question

I'm getting a message from Windows saying a .dvi file is missing and that my latex pdf cannot be compiled - see below. The procedure I'm trying to output as a latex table is very simple

library(Hmisc)
latex(describe(wine))

MiKTeX Problem Report Message: Windows API error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

Data: C:\Users\abo586\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpKOur60\file24bc482ff5a.dvi

Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\winFile.cpp

Line: 498 MiKTeX: 2.9 OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (build 7601) Invokers: .../rstudio/rsession/Rterm SystemAdmin: no PowerUser: no Root0: C:\Users\abo586\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9 Root1: C:\Users\abo586\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9 Root2: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9 Root3: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9 UserInstall: C:\Users\abo586\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9 UserConfig: C:\Users\abo586\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9 UserData: C:\Users\abo586\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9 CommonInstall: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9 CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9 CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9

Answer 1

Try to add file=' ' in latex() function: hmisc::latex tables open in external xdvik window instead of being inserted into the pdf output document