Rudi: I'm using LyX and not LaTeX (although I had to use LaTeX when I was trying to make custom .bst files).
Vaclav: I looked under Menu>Tools>Preferences>Paths, but I can't see anything like lyx_tmpdir????? or lyx_tmpbuf???. I'm using Windows XP if that helps. John On 19/12/06, Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 8:05 pm, John Hughes wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a little new to this, so please be patient with me. I'm trying to > use a BibTeX database to organise my references. The database seems to > work fine and I can insert a BibTeX reference list into my document > and use it to put citations in my document. However, when I try to > change the style using a .bst file generated from the custom-bib > program, the dvi output puts question marks instead of citations and > there's no reference list at all. The same thing happens when I use > any .bst file downloaded from the web. I'd like to use natbib to get > Harvard-style references. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > John Hi, when I saw similar behaviour in LyX it was usually caused by some error or warning of bibtex. When I resolved them, I worked fine. To check what bibtex is doing, go to temp directory (see. Menu>Tools>Preferences>Paths). There, you will find a directory lyx_tmpdir????? with subdirectory lyx_tmpbuf??? each directory belongs to one file open in LyX. Find the one related to your document and there you will see a file maned as your document with .blg extension. This is the bibtex log-file. Try to resolve errors and warnings listed there. Vasek
