Embedded objects preamble

% if pdflatex is used
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\ifpdf

% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}
 {\usepackage{lmodern}}{}

\fi % end if pdflatex is used

% that links to image floats jumps
% to the beginning of the float and
% not to its caption
\usepackage[figure]{hypcap}

% the pages of the TOC is numbered roman
% and a PDF-bookmark for the TOC is added
\let\myTOC\tableofcontents
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
  \frontmatter
  \pdfbookmark[1]{\contentsname}{}
  \myTOC
  \mainmatter }

% provides caption formatting
\usepackage[labelfont={bf,sf}]{caption}[2004/07/16]

% provides commands to set caption
% beside tables/images
\newcommand{\TabBesBeg}[1][1.0]{%
 \let\MyTable\table
 \let\MyEndtable\endtable
 \renewenvironment{table}[1]{\begin{SCtable}[#1]##1}{\end{SCtable}}}

\newcommand{\TabBesEnd}{%
 \let\table\MyTable
 \let\endtable\MyEndtable}

\newcommand{\FigBesBeg}[1][1.0]{%
 \let\MyFigure\figure
 \let\MyEndfigure\endfigure
 \renewenvironment{figure}[1]{\begin{SCfigure}[#1]##1}{\end{SCfigure}}}

\newcommand{\FigBesEnd}{%
 \let\figure\MyFigure
 \let\endfigure\MyEndfigure}

% enables calculation of values,
\usepackage{calc}

% increase the bottom float placement fraction
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.5}

% avoids that floats are placed before their
% corresponding section starts
\let\mySection\section\renewcommand{\section}{\suppressfloats[t]\mySection}

% speed up the longtable calculation
\setcounter{LTchunksize}{100}

% used for scaled and rotated boxes
\@ifundefined{rotatebox}{\usepackage{graphicx}}{}

% used for colored tables
\@ifundefined{textcolor}
 {\usepackage{color}}{}
\definecolor{darkgreen}{cmyk}{0.5, 0, 1, 0.5}
\definecolor{lightgrey}{gray}{0.8}

% check for package colortbl
% used for colored table cells
\newboolean{colortbl}
\IfFileExists{colortbl.sty}
 {\usepackage{colortbl}
  \setboolean{colortbl}{true}}
 {\setboolean{colortbl}{false}}

% used to have extra space in table cells
\@ifundefined{extrarowheight}
 {\usepackage{array}}{}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt}

% used for customized tables
% ---
\newcolumntype{M}[1]
 {>{\centering\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}

\newcolumntype{S}[2]
 {>{\centering\hspace{0pt}}m{(#1+(2\tabcolsep+\arrayrulewidth)*(1-#2))/#2}}

\newcolumntype{K}[1]
 {>{\columncolor{#1}\hspace{0pt}}c}

\newcolumntype{V}{!{\vrule width 1.5pt}}

\newcolumntype{W}{!{\color{green}\vline}}
% ---

% insert additional vertical space of
% 1.5 mm between footnotes
\let\myFoot\footnote
\renewcommand{\footnote}[1]{\myFoot{#1\vspace{1.5mm}}}

% number algorithm floats within chapters
\numberwithin{algorithm}{chapter}

% ------------------------------------
% used to check for needed LaTeX packages
\usepackage{ifthen}

% check for package arydshln
% used for tables with dashed lines
\newboolean{arydshln}
\IfFileExists{arydshln.sty}
 {\usepackage{arydshln}
  \setboolean{arydshln}{true}}
 {\setboolean{arydshln}{false}}

% check for package marginnote
% used for margin notes
\newboolean{marginnote}
\IfFileExists{marginnote.sty}
 {\usepackage{marginnote}
  \let\marginpar\marginnote
  \setboolean{marginnote}{true}}
 {\setboolean{marginnote}{false}}

% check for package sidecap
% used for captions on the side
\newboolean{sidecap}
\IfFileExists{sidecap.sty}
 {\usepackage{sidecap}
  \setboolean{sidecap}{true}}
 {\setboolean{sidecap}{false}}

% check for picinpar
% used for surrounded fixed objects
\newboolean{picinpar}
\IfFileExists{picinpar.sty}
 {\usepackage{picinpar}
  \setboolean{picinpar}{true}}
 {\setboolean{picinpar}{false}}

% check for lettrine
\newboolean{lettrine}
\IfFileExists{lettrine.sty}
 {\usepackage{lettrine}
  \setboolean{lettrine}{true}}
 {\setboolean{lettrine}{false}}

% check for diagbox
\newboolean{diagbox}
\IfFileExists{diagbox.sty}
 {\usepackage{diagbox}
  \setboolean{diagbox}{true}}
 {\setboolean{diagbox}{false}}