How to remove the header in title page and put declaration into table of contents with roman numeral?

Question

I'm writing my thesis with LaTeX, I didn't find the right solution for the following questions,maybe someone can help me with them:

1. somehow i got an empty page before the title page, how can I remove it? And I have found out that, if I delete the graph I have include in the title page, this empty page will be gone and also the header, but I need this graph in my title page.

2. How to remove the header for the title page?

3. In the table of contents, how can i include declaration and abbreviation table with roman numerals into table of contents? I have tried with \frontmatter, but it said ! Undefined control sequence. \frontmatter. in table of contents, it didn't include declaration or abbreviation, but just starts with "contents........v", I want declaration and abbreviation also list in table of contents.

Below is the script I write in TexMaker.
Thank you for your help!!!
(Sorry it's my first time post here, maybe you can also tell me how to show my script in a nicer way :) )

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, english,headsepline, DIV=12,twoside]{report}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{figure/}}
\usepackage{esint}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex,
            style=authoryear,
            natbib=true, 
            style=numeric-comp
            ]{biblatex}
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth

\newcommand{\lyxmathsym}[1]{\ifmmode\begingroup\def\b@ld{bold}
    \text{\ifx\math@version\b@ld\bfseries\fi#1}\endgroup\else#1\fi}

\providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\}
\floatstyle{ruled}
\newfloat{algorithm}{tbp}{loa}[chapter]
\providecommand{\algorithmname}{Algorithm}
\floatname{algorithm}{\protect\algorithmname}

% \usepackage{ae,aecompl}
\usepackage {marvosym}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
% \pagenumbering{roman}
\usepackage{parskip}
% \usepackage{a4wide}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{scrpage2}     
\pagestyle{scrheadings}   
\clearscrheadfoot         
\automark[section]{chapter}   
\ohead{\pagemark}              
\ihead{\headmark}      
\usepackage[BCOR1cm]{typearea}        
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage{atbegshi}% http://ctan.org/pkg/atbegshi
\AtBeginDocument{\AtBeginShipoutNext{\AtBeginShipoutDiscard}}

\title{
\thispagestyle{plain}
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{logo_cropped}\\
   \rule{0pt}{20mm}
   \text{Master Thesis}\\
   \vspace{10mm}
   \textbf{blablabla}
}
\author{Vivian}
\vspace{5mm}
\date{
    \vspace{25mm}
    \begin{tabular}{rl}
        \vspace{2mm}      
        \textbf{Faculty:}            &{blabla}\\
        \vspace{0.5mm}      
        \textbf{Studies:}            &{blabla}\\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{First Examiner:}     & Prof. \\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Second Examiner}     & Prof. \\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Supervisor:}         & Prof.\\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Issued on:}          & June 30, 2016 \\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Submitted on:}       & January 9, 2017\\
    \end{tabular} 
    }

    \addbibresource{Bib.bib}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1}
\pagestyle{empty}

\maketitle  
\pagestyle{scrheadings} 
\pagenumbering{roman}       

    \include{Declaration}

    \include{Abstract}

    \lipsum[1-5]

    \setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} 
    \tableofcontents
    \clearpage
    \pagenumbering{arabic}  

    \include{Chapter1}

    \include{Chapter2}

    \listoffigures

\begin{table}
\caption{Human Body Models and Applications}
\label{tab:HBM}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{*{3}{c}}
\toprule
\multicolumn{1}{c}
{Human model} & {Impact simulation} & {Comfort Simulation} \\
\midrule
here is some text without a meaning this text should show what a printed & text will look like at this place & If you read this text you will get no information\\
here is some text without a meaning this text should show what a printed & text will look like at this place & If you read this text you will get no information\\
here is some text without a meaning this text should show what a printed & text will look like at this place & If you read this text you will get no information\\
\bottomrule\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}


    \printbibliography

\end{document}

Answer 1

Here is a solution. Note the report class does not define \frontmatter, \mainmatter nor \backmatter. Simply use \pagenumbering{roman}, then \pagenumbering{arabic} where relevant.

I suppose ‘Declaration’ and ‘Abstract’ have to be unnumbered chapters while still appearing in the table of contents. A simple way to obtain this result is to set secnumdepth to -1 to begin with, then set it to 3 when main matter begins. Finally, as the table of contents should not be a member of itself (like sets…), I added the [nottoc]option to tocbibind. Also, typearea should be loaded after scrpage2.

Last thing: I removed some obsolete packages (mainly ae, aecompl — useless with lmodern, a4wide — one of the deadful sins according to l2tabu — since you load typearea, and times: if you want to use a times-like font, then don't load lmodern, and replace times with newtxtext + newtxmath).

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, english,headsepline, DIV=12, twoside]{report}
\usepackage{lmodern}
%\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{figure/}}
\usepackage{esint}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex,
            style=authoryear,
            natbib=true,
            style=numeric-comp
            ]{biblatex}
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth

\newcommand{\lyxmathsym}[1]{\ifmmode\begingroup\def\b@ld{bold}
    \text{\ifx\math@version\b@ld\bfseries\fi#1}\endgroup\else#1\fi}

\providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\}
\floatstyle{ruled}
\newfloat{algorithm}{tbp}{loa}[chapter]
\providecommand{\algorithmname}{Algorithm}
\floatname{algorithm}{\protect\algorithmname}

\usepackage {marvosym}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\clearscrheadfoot
\automark[section]{chapter}
\ohead{\pagemark}
\ihead{\headmark}
\usepackage[BCOR1cm]{typearea}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{blindtext}


\title{
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{logo_cropped}\\
 \rule{0pt}{25mm}%\\
  {Master Thesis} \\
   \vspace{10mm}
   \textbf{blablabla}
}
\author{Vivian}
\vspace{5mm}
\date{
    \vspace{25mm}\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt}
    \begin{tabular}{rl}
        \textbf{Faculty:} &{blabla}\\[2mm]
        \textbf{Studies:} &{blabla}\\
        \textbf{First Examiner:} & Prof. \\
        \textbf{Second Examiner} & Prof. \\
        \textbf{Supervisor:} & Prof.\\
        \textbf{Issued on:} & June 30, 2016 \\
        \textbf{Submitted on:} & January 9, 2017\\
    \end{tabular}
    }

    \addbibresource{Bib.bib}
\usepackage{lipsum}

 \begin{document}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1}
\pagestyle{empty}
    \maketitle
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\pagenumbering{roman}
    \chapter{Declaration}
\blindtext
    \chapter{Abstract}
\lipsum[1-5]

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}

    \chapter{Chapter the First}
\lipsum[1-10]

    \chapter{Chapter the Second}
\lipsum[11-20]

\appendix

    \chapter{An Appendix}
\lipsum[21-25]

    \listoffigures

    \printbibliography

\end{document}

Answer 2

I have added the following two lines to your code:

\usepackage{atbegshi}% http://ctan.org/pkg/atbegshi
\AtBeginDocument{\AtBeginShipoutNext{\AtBeginShipoutDiscard}}

Solution found here.

Your working code is now the following one:

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, english,headsepline, DIV=12,twoside]{report}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{figure/}}
\usepackage{esint}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex,
            style=authoryear,
            natbib=true, 
            style=numeric-comp
            ]{biblatex}
\pdfpageheight\paperheight
\pdfpagewidth\paperwidth

\newcommand{\lyxmathsym}[1]{\ifmmode\begingroup\def\b@ld{bold}
    \text{\ifx\math@version\b@ld\bfseries\fi#1}\endgroup\else#1\fi}

\providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\}
\floatstyle{ruled}
\newfloat{algorithm}{tbp}{loa}[chapter]
\providecommand{\algorithmname}{Algorithm}
\floatname{algorithm}{\protect\algorithmname}

\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
\usepackage {marvosym}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\usepackage[BCOR1cm]{typearea}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{tocbibind}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{scrpage2}     
\pagestyle{scrheadings}   
\clearscrheadfoot         
\automark[section]{chapter}   
\ohead{\pagemark}              
\ihead{\headmark}              
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{blindtext}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{atbegshi}% http://ctan.org/pkg/atbegshi
\AtBeginDocument{\AtBeginShipoutNext{\AtBeginShipoutDiscard}}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\title{
\thispagestyle{plain}
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{logo_cropped}\\
   \vspace{20mm}
   \text{Master Thesis}\\
   \vspace{10mm}
   \textbf{blablabla}
}
\author{Vivian}
\vspace{5mm}
\date{
    \vspace{25mm}
    \begin{tabular}{rl}
        \vspace{2mm}      
        \textbf{Faculty:}            &{blabla}\\
        \vspace{0.5mm}      
        \textbf{Studies:}            &{blabla}\\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{First Examiner:}     & Prof. \\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Second Examiner}     & Prof. \\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Supervisor:}         & Prof.\\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Issued on:}          & June 30, 2016 \\
        \vspace{0.5mm}
        \textbf{Submitted on:}       & January 9, 2017\\
    \end{tabular} 
    }

    \addbibresource{Bib.bib}


\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{headings} 

    \maketitle
        %\titlepage
    \include{Declaration}

    \include{Abstract}

    \tableofcontents

    \include{Chapter1}

    \include{Chapter2}

    \include{Appendix}

    \listoffigures

    \printbibliography

\end{document}