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I am having problem in autocomplete feature of TeXStudio 2.3 under Windows 7 x64. Most of the times, I don't have the autocomplete of all the commands of the loaded packages as well as the bibliography items, and etc. Especially, for the bibliography, I have to check the bibliography file and look it up there. Fortunately, autocomplete issue fixes by itself randomly and I don't know how I should correct them at the times when it does not work. I tried the tips given in here but no success.

Here is the TeXStudio configuration window for autocomplete. It does not have any bibliography entry.

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I am using it with classicthesis. I would be grateful if someone could shed light on this problem.

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First, I would recommended updating TexStudio to 2.5.2 version. Go to options -> Configure TexStudio -> Completion, tick all packages you need to have auto-completion of their commands -> Ok, in the example below, biblatex package, and autocomplete is shown for the \parencite{} corresponding command. Alternatively, you may try also direct copy & paste approach from your citation manager software (if you use one), I use Zotero and I find this approach much easier to copy the citation key directly from Zotero of the selected reference(s) and paste it directly into the TexStudio, this link would explain how.
To install packages for win7 64bit you can install from here the 64-bit net installer and then install all packages from within the package manager (Admin), it will take time to install all other packages or you select what you need, I do always all packages though.
After installation, MikTex should ship with bibtex and biblatex packages, you should be able to show the current MikTex version from TexStudio if you go to Help -> Check LaTeX installation.
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  • I am using the editor that comes with MiKTeX. It does not have biblatex.cwl. How should I know if I should use biblatex.cwl or bibtex.cwl? How can I add them? – shashashamti2008 May 25 '13 at 09:25
  • @Ahm TeXStudio isn't, AFAIK, included in MikTeX. Can't you just download and install the newest version? If you use biblatex, then you should use biblatex.cwl I suppose. – Torbjørn T. May 25 '13 at 09:38
  • I installed version 2.5.2 but still autocomplete does not work for bibliography. Can it be because of classicthesis package? – shashashamti2008 May 25 '13 at 10:09
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    @Ahm, pls make sure you install the latest MikTeX version that should ship with biblatex package. I use win7 32bit, and 64bit at work, in the TexStudio, you should be able to show that package if installed and in TexStudio if you go to Help -> check LaTeX installation you should be able to see the MikTex version installed also. BTW, autocomplete feature can only work if you tell TexStudio where your .bib file is, in biblatex this can be done by \add\addbibresource{C:/Users/<yourpath>/<yourfilename>.bib} in preamble. It seems to be an issue of pkg installation rather than conflict – doctorate May 25 '13 at 10:52
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    @Ahm, see my updated answer of how to install the packages on win7, 64 platform, I hope this would be helpful. – doctorate May 25 '13 at 11:07
  • If I update it, will I get into trouble? I am afraid of other things that are dependent on the previous version. Please advise. – shashashamti2008 May 25 '13 at 12:05
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    @Ahm, if your deadline is very near, then better to stay on your version, if not better to update. I did this update and found some pkgs were obsolete, some were removed, some are replaced by better ones, but that should be easy to identify then. Alternatively, you can install manually the pkg you need without the need to install all, but this can be sometimes problematic if the new pkg is dependent on pkges you don't have, then you should install them manually too. – doctorate May 25 '13 at 12:34
  • @doctorate: Thanks. I updated everything according to your instruction. I get the following error when I add \add\addbibresource{mybibliography.bib} in the preamble: Undefined control sequence \add and Undefined control sequence \add\addbibresource. Could you help me fix this error? – shashashamti2008 May 25 '13 at 23:15
  • I am using classicthesis package and my Bibliography.tex is located in the folder named FrontBackMatter. When I have \bibliography{../Bibliography} in the file Bibliography.tex, I am able to see the entries in the bibliography. However, it does not succeed in putting the citation in the document itself by using for example \citep{}. When I change it back to \bibliography{Bibliography}, the citation works perfectly in the document but autocomplete fails to show me the entries. – shashashamti2008 May 26 '13 at 01:00
  • I have created a new question which is posted here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/116164/23594 just to prevent confusion for other users. Thanks. – shashashamti2008 May 26 '13 at 03:32