I already had Jabref on my Linux partition and used it, but normally I use bib2html, etc. to convert, and these tools tend to leave out the key.
It didn't occur to me to try Jabref as well.
I tried a few conversions before (not yet JabRef specifically), the problem is that they convert the file fine, all the fields are in tact (more or less), but the key is invariably lost.
I use BibTeX, and I have an extensive collection of references in a .bib database (On the order of 2000 papers.) My friendly boss requested me to make both the database and the references available and usable to the group.
I'm the only person using LaTeX and BibTeX in a ...