You have to run latex once on the tex file to create the aux file. BibTeX reads the aux file to find out what references exist in the document.
Richard Bruce Pourciau wrote: > Actually, I'm told I should "run BibTeX on my source tex file," but > when I do what I think this means, with a small test file BblTest.tex, > I get an error message from BibDesk: "cannot open file name BibTest.aux" > > Suggestions? > > Bruce > > On Jul 17, 2006, at 3:57 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > >> I've got a .bib file and a .bst style file. A journal tells me to >> make from these a .bbl file, so I can include (as a TeX inset?) the >> .bbl file in my LyX document and/or cut and paste the .bbl file into >> the TeX file. Any suggestions on how to make such a .bbl file? I know >> I need to "run BibTeX on the .bib file," but I'm not sure how to do >> this using TeXShop. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Bruce
