BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Problems with BibTex/TeXnicCenter

[jmamos]

I'm not getting Bibtex to work at all, using even sample code I've found online. The problem seems to be that the compiler can't find the .bib file.

When I compile I get "Warning: Empty `thebibliography` environment on input line 3."

I'm using TexnicCenter, LaTeX => PDF, compiling with pdflatex.exe, the "Do not use BibTeX" option is unchecked, and it is executing with bibtex.exe.

My tex file ends with:

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\cite{something}

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{test}

\end{document}

The text file test.bib is contained in the same folder as the tex code and is:

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@Book{something,
  author    =     "Milton {Abramowitz} and Irene A. {Stegun}",
  title     =      "Handbook of Mathematical Functions with
                  Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables",
  publisher =      "Dover",
  year      =      1964,
  address   =     "New York",
  edition   =     "ninth Dover printing, tenth GPO printing"
}

Any help would be appreciated.

[localghost]

It requires at least three runs to get everything working. The BibTeX manual tells you more. You can try to use biblatex as an alternative.


Best regards
Thorsten¹