Hi,

I am making my Master's Thesis with LaTeX, but I can't get the provided style to work. Specifically, I get the error 'Undefined control sequence' when using the function makeformaltitlepages, which is defined in mscthesis.sty. On the internet, the only answer I could find is the straightforward 'you probably made a typo', or 'you probably forgot to include the package', but I have reason to believe neither of those apply to me.

I am quite sure that the function exists, for when I add a little verification, using the @ifundefined command, the logfile shows that the function actually does exist. And, as can be seen in the following piece of code, I also include the package:

\usepackage{mscthesis}

% setup information like author, company, title, etc.

\begin{document}

\formatmatter
\thispagestyle{empty}
\maketitle

\makeatletter
\@ifundefined{makeformaltitlepages}{\message{Function is not defined.}}{\message{Function is defined.}}
\makeatother

\makeformaltitlepages{\input{abstract}}

% add chapters, sections, etc. and end the document

Now, the output shows the line "Function is defined." just before the output of maketitle (which I think is rather strange on its own, but that might be a flushing issue), followed by the following infinitely repeated error (well, cut off after 100 times by LaTeX):

Function is defined.

// some gibberish about font info

! Undefined control sequence.
\GenericError  ...                                
                                                    #4  \errhelp \@err@     ...
l.112 \makeformaltitlepages{}

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'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

While the error keeps repeating, the line that starts with '#4' cycles between the following four lines:

                                                    #4  \errhelp \@err@     ...
                                                  \let \@err@               ...
                                                  \@empty \def \MessageBreak...
                                                     \endgroup 

Ok, so, do any of you have a suggestion of how I might continue to hunt this bug? Or what blatantly obvious mistake did I make?