To All, I'm still having trouble getting LyX 2.0.3 to allow me to insert citations into documents created on a new Dell (running Windows 7). (My old HP, which runs Windows XP, has no trouble doing this). On the Dell LyX works just fine until I click the Insert Citation tab. It brings up the usual LyX: Citation window, but the Available Citation field is empty.
However, my BibTeX folder contains four non-empty BibTeX Database (.bib) files (the same ones I used earlier on the HP, and which I transferred to the Dell via Mendeley). I've tried making my .bib files available to LyX using insert > list / TOC > BibTeX bibliography. But no matter which of my four .bib files I add, I'll get only one or two References showing up in the final pdf. And I don't seem to be able to add more than one of my four .bib files. Also the references that do show up are specific to that particular document. When I go to another LyX document and try to add a reference the Available Citation field is empty again. For more information on the problem, see the correspondence below. Bill Hanson On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]>wrote: > *From:* William Hanson [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:08 AM > ** > Bill, > > Please respond to the list so that others can see your message. This is > good so that > (1) if we get a solution it will be searchable by others that have this > problem in the future > (2) if we find a solution others will not be working to try to solve your > problem when it is already solved, and > (3) most people on this list know a lot more than I do so you're much more > likely to get a solution. > > > >Thanks. My BibTeX bibliography is empty, so that's the problem. But I > can't seem to get my .bib files >into it. I don't know what you mean when > you say I should make sure "my BibTeX folder is in the >path". What path? > > I don't know how to deal with this issue for Windows. You could search > (using windows search) for files in your tex distribution (for example, > search for .bib files) and put your BibTeX files there and hopefully that > would be in the path. Or see below. > > > >When I click "rescan" nothing happens. Clicking "browse" takes me to > what looks like Windows >Explorer, but it won't let me do anything with my > BibTeX folder. So I'm still stuck. > > This should work. What do you mean that it won't let you do anything with > your BibTeX folder? You need to add the individual .bib files. Also, they > must have the .bib extension otherwise they will not be found in that > window. If they do not have the extension, you can just rename the files to > add the extension to them. > > Does that work? > > Also, what version of LyX are you using? > > Scott >
