BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Location for Custom Style

[siltex]

Hi

I'm having a problem with my custom \bibliographystyle i created with makebst. I searched through the forum but couldn't find an answer.

I use natbib and created a custom style with makebst because I need citations in German rather than English.

Unfortunately latex does not use my custom style even-though set it as \bibliographystyle. I'm not sure if I have my .bst style file in the right location/folder. Where do I have to put it in order that latex uses it? I use MiKTex 2.9

My praeambel:

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\documentclass[
	a4paper,             	% A4 Papier
	12pt               		% 10pt Schrift
]{article}

\usepackage[left=3.5cm,right=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm,includeheadfoot]{geometry}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[babel,german=quotes]{csquotes}

\usepackage{natbib}

At the end of my main file:

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\bibliographystyle{hope3}
\bibliography{bib/quellen}
\end{document}

Thanks in advance for your help!

[niteshs]

Hi siltex,

You did not mention where your custom .bst file was located. You could technically put it with the other .bst files in the MiKTeX installation directory, and be able to use it provided you "refresh the file name database":

• Run MiKTeX Options (Admin)> General > Refresh FNDB

But the better way to do it would be to save the custom style in a separate folder (preferably in the current 'User' path), then 'register' this location with MiKTeX:

• 1.Create a folder structure at your preferred location: ..latex/tex/latex/
  2.Copy your custom file here (you can save all future custom latex files here)
  3.MiKTeX Options (Admin) > Roots > Add > add above root latex folder (../latex/)
  4.MiKTeX Options (Admin) > General > Refresh FNDB

Now you can use your custom file. Everytime you save a new custom file here, just remember to "Refresh FNDB".

Hope this helps. Good luck!