BibTeX, biblatex and biberundefined citation warnings with Jabref and Texmaker

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jacki2ya
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undefined citation warnings with Jabref and Texmaker

Post by jacki2ya »

Hi there,

First time Latex user. I'm currently using Texmaker (and Jabref to generate my BibTeX libraries).

When I build my document, I keep getting 'undefined citation' warnings even though when I use the \cite or \nocite command, texmaker tries to auto complete with the various entries I have in my BibTeX library... so it must know something is in there!

I get these warnings after going through the whole latex -> bibtex -> latex -> latex process.

When I do run BibTex, it does say 'process exited with error(s)' but doesn't elaborate at all, which is very unhelpful.

Any ideas at all?

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Frits
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undefined citation warnings with Jabref and Texmaker

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There must be an error in your BibTeX file that prevents LaTeX from reading the real content of it, as indicated by the 'process exited with error(s)' message.

If your BibTeX file isn't that long, you can post it here so that we can take a look at it.
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proserpina

Re: undefined citation warnings with Jabref and Texmaker

Post by proserpina »

Hi
I'm also quite new to LaTex and I seem to have more or less the same problem. I'm also using Texmaker and create my bibliography with Jabref.
Whatever I try, I always get all citations undefined, even though it tells me that 'the process excited normally' both in the bibtex and the latex file.
Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you very much!
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