BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ natbib | Question Marks instead of Citations

[florian101]

Hi,

I can't get natbib to work on my computer (MacBook, using TeXShop). All citation have question marks instead of the proper citation. I created the following minimal example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\begin{document}
There is a very nice \citep{flower}, but no \citet{flour}, in this \citealt{tree}.
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{example}
\end{document}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

with the following bib file:

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@Book{flower,
author = {Carl Linnaeus},
title = {Systema Naturae},
publisher = {Holmi\ae},
year = 1766,
edition = {twelfth}}
@Book{flour,
author = {Tom Jaine},
title = {50 recettes de pain},
publisher = {Gr\"und},
year = 1995,
isbn = {978-2700053739}}
@Book{tree,
author = {William Grimm},
title = {Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More than 250 Trees of Eastern North America},
publisher = {Stackpole Books},
year = 2001,
edition = {revised},
isbn = {978-0811728119}}
 
 
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the compilation output is:

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This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
 \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./natlib_test.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, ancientgreek, ibycus, ar
abic, basque, bulgarian, catalan, pinyin, coptic, croatian, czech, danish, dutc
h, esperanto, estonian, farsi, finnish, french, galician, german, ngerman, mono
greek, greek, hungarian, icelandic, indonesian, interlingua, irish, italian, ku
rmanji, latin, latvian, lithuanian, mongolian, mongolian2a, bokmal, nynorsk, po
lish, portuguese, romanian, russian, sanskrit, serbian, slovak, slovenian, span
ish, swedish, turkish, ukenglish, ukrainian, uppersorbian, welsh, loaded.
(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (./natbib.sty)
(./natlib_test.aux)
Package natbib Warning: Citation `flower' on page 1 undefined on input line 6.
Package natbib Warning: Citation `flour' on page 1 undefined on input line 6.
Package natbib Warning: Citation `tree' on page 1 undefined on input line 6.
No file natlib_test.bbl.
Package natbib Warning: There were undefined citations.
[1{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
(./natlib_test.aux) )</usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/ams
fonts/cm/cmbx10.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsf
onts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on natlib_test.pdf (1 page, 23549 bytes).
SyncTeX written on natlib_test.synctex.gz
Transcript written on natlib_test.log.
 
 
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thanks for your help...
florian

[localghost]

Don't forget to run BibTeX in between and afterwards at least two times (PDF)LaTeX again.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[florian101]

Hi
Thanks for that hint... I didn't know that I have to run bibtex separately...
problem solved
thanks
florian

[widear]

I just stumbled across this topic because I fought against the same problem and was unable to solve it. I will try out your suggestions now. I bet it will work now, thank you very much for sharing! It's great to be a member of a community where everybody is so helpful, I would buy flowers for all of you to say thank you!

[msh855]

Hi

I have the same problem, but cannot resolve it. I use TEXstudio instead of TEXshop.
I am aware of the process 'compile - compile' steps but again the problem cannot be resolved.

the Minimal example of the original post covers my needs as well. Any help will be appreciated.

Best,

[cgnieder]

What does the BiBTeX run say? Does it compile or do you get any error or warning messages?

Regards

[msh855]

No it runs normally. Do you want me to post my files ?
Thanks a lot for for your help anyway

As an addendum, when i compile with latex my main file, (not the bibtex file) i am receiving these messages.

i have checked, but i cannot find syntax errors or something similar unless i missed something.

here is a screen shot of the errors.

best,

[cgnieder]

What do your log file and your blg file say?

[msh855]

Sorry, I missed your last post. Here it is my log file.
what is a blg file ? the bibliography one ?

[cgnieder]

Sorry, I missed your last post. Here it is my log file.
what is a blg file ? the bibliography one ?

It's the log file produced by BiBTeX. Are there any \citation entries in your aux file?