biblatex, error: addbibresource{sample.bib} is undefined control sequence












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i compose test file from overleaf tutorial examples as follows:



documentclass{article}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage{filecontents}
begin{filecontents*}{sample.bib}
@article{einstein,
author = "Albert Einstein",
title = "{Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter K{"o}rper}. ({German})
[{On} the electrodynamics of moving bodies]",
journal = "Annalen der Physik",
volume = "322",
number = "10",
pages = "891--921",
year = "1905",
DOI = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004",
keywords = "physics"
}

@book{dirac,
title = {The Principles of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac},
isbn = {9780198520115},
series = {International series of monographs on physics},
year = {1981},
publisher = {Clarendon Press},
keywords = {physics}
}

@online{knuthwebsite,
author = "Donald Knuth",
title = "Knuth: Computers and Typesetting",
url = "http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/abcde.html",
addendum = "(accessed: 01.09.2016)",
keywords = "latex,knuth"
}
end{filecontents*}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=alphabetic,
sorting=ynt
]{biblatex}
addbibresource{sample.bib}

title{Bibliography management: texttt{biblatex} package}
author{Overleaf}
date{ }

begin{document}
maketitle
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
Using texttt{biblatex} you can display bibliography divided into sections,
depending of citation type.
Let's cite! Einstein's journal paper cite{einstein} and the Dirac's
book cite{dirac} are physics related items.
Next, textit{The LaTeX Companion} book cite{latexcompanion}, the Donald
Knuth's website cite{knuthwebsite}, textit{The Comprehensive Tex Archive
Network} (CTAN) cite{ctan} are LaTeX related items; but the others Donald
Knuth's items cite{knuth-fa,knuth-acp} are dedicated to programming.

medskip

printbibliography
end{document}


and try to learn how to use biblatex. for this i instaledbiblatex and in editor (winedt) adjust biber as backend. at compileng above mwe i imidiately obtain error:



undefined control sequence
<recently read> addbibresource

l.54 addbibresource{sample.bib}


i try with pdfLaTeX as well with pdfLaTeXify. in both case i got the same error. i use recent 64-bit MikTeX and recent WinEDt editor.









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  • The example as posted compiles fine for me and shows a few citations but others are missing. There is no error message about addbibresource for me. Does the .log file contain other errors?
    – moewe
    4 mins ago












  • @moewe, i suspect that something is wrong with my installation, but i haven't any clue how to find this. i install all package by help of miktex console . i also try to deinstal biblatex and install it again, but no changes. do i need reinstall complete miktex?
    – Zarko
    22 secs ago
















1














i compose test file from overleaf tutorial examples as follows:



documentclass{article}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage{filecontents}
begin{filecontents*}{sample.bib}
@article{einstein,
author = "Albert Einstein",
title = "{Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter K{"o}rper}. ({German})
[{On} the electrodynamics of moving bodies]",
journal = "Annalen der Physik",
volume = "322",
number = "10",
pages = "891--921",
year = "1905",
DOI = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004",
keywords = "physics"
}

@book{dirac,
title = {The Principles of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac},
isbn = {9780198520115},
series = {International series of monographs on physics},
year = {1981},
publisher = {Clarendon Press},
keywords = {physics}
}

@online{knuthwebsite,
author = "Donald Knuth",
title = "Knuth: Computers and Typesetting",
url = "http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/abcde.html",
addendum = "(accessed: 01.09.2016)",
keywords = "latex,knuth"
}
end{filecontents*}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=alphabetic,
sorting=ynt
]{biblatex}
addbibresource{sample.bib}

title{Bibliography management: texttt{biblatex} package}
author{Overleaf}
date{ }

begin{document}
maketitle
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
Using texttt{biblatex} you can display bibliography divided into sections,
depending of citation type.
Let's cite! Einstein's journal paper cite{einstein} and the Dirac's
book cite{dirac} are physics related items.
Next, textit{The LaTeX Companion} book cite{latexcompanion}, the Donald
Knuth's website cite{knuthwebsite}, textit{The Comprehensive Tex Archive
Network} (CTAN) cite{ctan} are LaTeX related items; but the others Donald
Knuth's items cite{knuth-fa,knuth-acp} are dedicated to programming.

medskip

printbibliography
end{document}


and try to learn how to use biblatex. for this i instaledbiblatex and in editor (winedt) adjust biber as backend. at compileng above mwe i imidiately obtain error:



undefined control sequence
<recently read> addbibresource

l.54 addbibresource{sample.bib}


i try with pdfLaTeX as well with pdfLaTeXify. in both case i got the same error. i use recent 64-bit MikTeX and recent WinEDt editor.









share






















  • The example as posted compiles fine for me and shows a few citations but others are missing. There is no error message about addbibresource for me. Does the .log file contain other errors?
    – moewe
    4 mins ago












  • @moewe, i suspect that something is wrong with my installation, but i haven't any clue how to find this. i install all package by help of miktex console . i also try to deinstal biblatex and install it again, but no changes. do i need reinstall complete miktex?
    – Zarko
    22 secs ago














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i compose test file from overleaf tutorial examples as follows:



documentclass{article}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage{filecontents}
begin{filecontents*}{sample.bib}
@article{einstein,
author = "Albert Einstein",
title = "{Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter K{"o}rper}. ({German})
[{On} the electrodynamics of moving bodies]",
journal = "Annalen der Physik",
volume = "322",
number = "10",
pages = "891--921",
year = "1905",
DOI = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004",
keywords = "physics"
}

@book{dirac,
title = {The Principles of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac},
isbn = {9780198520115},
series = {International series of monographs on physics},
year = {1981},
publisher = {Clarendon Press},
keywords = {physics}
}

@online{knuthwebsite,
author = "Donald Knuth",
title = "Knuth: Computers and Typesetting",
url = "http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/abcde.html",
addendum = "(accessed: 01.09.2016)",
keywords = "latex,knuth"
}
end{filecontents*}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=alphabetic,
sorting=ynt
]{biblatex}
addbibresource{sample.bib}

title{Bibliography management: texttt{biblatex} package}
author{Overleaf}
date{ }

begin{document}
maketitle
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
Using texttt{biblatex} you can display bibliography divided into sections,
depending of citation type.
Let's cite! Einstein's journal paper cite{einstein} and the Dirac's
book cite{dirac} are physics related items.
Next, textit{The LaTeX Companion} book cite{latexcompanion}, the Donald
Knuth's website cite{knuthwebsite}, textit{The Comprehensive Tex Archive
Network} (CTAN) cite{ctan} are LaTeX related items; but the others Donald
Knuth's items cite{knuth-fa,knuth-acp} are dedicated to programming.

medskip

printbibliography
end{document}


and try to learn how to use biblatex. for this i instaledbiblatex and in editor (winedt) adjust biber as backend. at compileng above mwe i imidiately obtain error:



undefined control sequence
<recently read> addbibresource

l.54 addbibresource{sample.bib}


i try with pdfLaTeX as well with pdfLaTeXify. in both case i got the same error. i use recent 64-bit MikTeX and recent WinEDt editor.









share













i compose test file from overleaf tutorial examples as follows:



documentclass{article}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage{filecontents}
begin{filecontents*}{sample.bib}
@article{einstein,
author = "Albert Einstein",
title = "{Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter K{"o}rper}. ({German})
[{On} the electrodynamics of moving bodies]",
journal = "Annalen der Physik",
volume = "322",
number = "10",
pages = "891--921",
year = "1905",
DOI = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004",
keywords = "physics"
}

@book{dirac,
title = {The Principles of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac},
isbn = {9780198520115},
series = {International series of monographs on physics},
year = {1981},
publisher = {Clarendon Press},
keywords = {physics}
}

@online{knuthwebsite,
author = "Donald Knuth",
title = "Knuth: Computers and Typesetting",
url = "http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/abcde.html",
addendum = "(accessed: 01.09.2016)",
keywords = "latex,knuth"
}
end{filecontents*}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=alphabetic,
sorting=ynt
]{biblatex}
addbibresource{sample.bib}

title{Bibliography management: texttt{biblatex} package}
author{Overleaf}
date{ }

begin{document}
maketitle
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
Using texttt{biblatex} you can display bibliography divided into sections,
depending of citation type.
Let's cite! Einstein's journal paper cite{einstein} and the Dirac's
book cite{dirac} are physics related items.
Next, textit{The LaTeX Companion} book cite{latexcompanion}, the Donald
Knuth's website cite{knuthwebsite}, textit{The Comprehensive Tex Archive
Network} (CTAN) cite{ctan} are LaTeX related items; but the others Donald
Knuth's items cite{knuth-fa,knuth-acp} are dedicated to programming.

medskip

printbibliography
end{document}


and try to learn how to use biblatex. for this i instaledbiblatex and in editor (winedt) adjust biber as backend. at compileng above mwe i imidiately obtain error:



undefined control sequence
<recently read> addbibresource

l.54 addbibresource{sample.bib}


i try with pdfLaTeX as well with pdfLaTeXify. in both case i got the same error. i use recent 64-bit MikTeX and recent WinEDt editor.







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  • The example as posted compiles fine for me and shows a few citations but others are missing. There is no error message about addbibresource for me. Does the .log file contain other errors?
    – moewe
    4 mins ago












  • @moewe, i suspect that something is wrong with my installation, but i haven't any clue how to find this. i install all package by help of miktex console . i also try to deinstal biblatex and install it again, but no changes. do i need reinstall complete miktex?
    – Zarko
    22 secs ago


















  • The example as posted compiles fine for me and shows a few citations but others are missing. There is no error message about addbibresource for me. Does the .log file contain other errors?
    – moewe
    4 mins ago












  • @moewe, i suspect that something is wrong with my installation, but i haven't any clue how to find this. i install all package by help of miktex console . i also try to deinstal biblatex and install it again, but no changes. do i need reinstall complete miktex?
    – Zarko
    22 secs ago
















The example as posted compiles fine for me and shows a few citations but others are missing. There is no error message about addbibresource for me. Does the .log file contain other errors?
– moewe
4 mins ago






The example as posted compiles fine for me and shows a few citations but others are missing. There is no error message about addbibresource for me. Does the .log file contain other errors?
– moewe
4 mins ago














@moewe, i suspect that something is wrong with my installation, but i haven't any clue how to find this. i install all package by help of miktex console . i also try to deinstal biblatex and install it again, but no changes. do i need reinstall complete miktex?
– Zarko
22 secs ago




@moewe, i suspect that something is wrong with my installation, but i haven't any clue how to find this. i install all package by help of miktex console . i also try to deinstal biblatex and install it again, but no changes. do i need reinstall complete miktex?
– Zarko
22 secs ago















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