Manolo, Thanks, but I don't see any "BibTex Generated Bibliography" grey rectangle.
Bill On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Manolo Martínez <man...@austrohungaro.com>wrote: > Bill, > > Once you insert a BibTex bibliography, you can click the "BibTex > Generated Bibliography" grey rectangle and add more databases with the > "Add" button at the top right corner of the dialog box that appears. > Probably, you need more than one of your databases. Try adding all four. > > Cheers, > Manolo > > On 06/12/12 at 01:05pm, William Hanson wrote: > > 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 < > skost...@princeton.edu>wrote: > > > > > *From:* William Hanson [whan...@umn.edu] > > > *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 > > > > > -- >
