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This seems to be a common problem, I read all the post here but can't fix the error 

This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (MiKTeX 2.9.6350 64-bit) The top-level auxiliary file: revision6.aux I found no \citation commands---while reading file revision6.aux I found no \bibdata command---while reading file revision6.aux I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file revision6.aux (There were 3 error messages)

Process exited with error(s)

My code is super simple, just usepackage with backend and style for biblatex. Then I cited with the key generated by JabRef

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage[letterpaper, margin=1in]{geometry} % page settings
\usepackage{floatrow}
\floatsetup[table]{capposition=top}

\usepackage{authblk}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[ruled]{algorithm2e}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\allsectionsfont{\normalsize}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{ {./figures/} }
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}

\setlength{\parindent}{7mm}

\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric]{biblatex} 
\addbibresource{ABCbib.bib}
\title{ABC}
\begin{document}
\maketitle

\section{Introduction}
    proteins \cite{Zhang2013}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

The bib file looks like

@Article{Zhang2013,
  author        = {Yaoyang Zhang and Bryan R. Fonslow and Bing Shan and Moon-Chang Baek and John R. Yates},
  title         = {Protein Analysis by Shotgun/Bottom-up Proteomics},
  journal       = {Chemical Reviews},
  year          = {2013},
  volume        = {113},
  number        = {4},
  pages         = {2343--2394},
  month         = {apr},
  doi           = {10.1021/cr3003533},
  publisher     = {American Chemical Society ({ACS})},
}

EDIT: Then I tried both latex (or PdfLaTeX) -> Biber -> latex (or PdfLaTeX) -> latex (or PdfLaTeX) and got the error with warning Citation Zhang2013 on Page 1 undefined. May someone please guide me here? The configure is already changed to biber.exe and I input biber % for using as user command. But the error remains and ask me to rerun biber.

Jan
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    As you are specifying in your biblatex options backend=biber you must run (pdf)latex -> biber -> (pdf)latex, and not bibtex. – gusbrs Nov 06 '17 at 17:11
  • @gusbrs The tool in TexMaker does not have biber in the list. What to do to command biber? – Jan Nov 06 '17 at 17:13
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    Take a look at this answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/154788/105447, which gives details on how to configure TeXmaker to run biber and then tell us if it worked. – gusbrs Nov 06 '17 at 17:16
  • @gusbrs When I run biber, I got Process exited with error(s) – Jan Nov 06 '17 at 17:26
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    I compiled your example without any problems. Try to delete all auxiliary files before compiling. – gusbrs Nov 06 '17 at 17:28
  • If you are getting errors, we need to know which. Check the .blg file. Please not that if you only just installed biblatex or made an update in the last two days you might have run into the problem that biblatex 3.8 is already released, but Biber 2.8 had some build problems and could not be released yet. You'll have to wait until these issues are resolved. – moewe Nov 06 '17 at 17:28
  • Same result after delete .aux files. I think I installed it today. Anything I can do here? @gusbrs @moewe – Jan Nov 06 '17 at 17:33
  • By the way, .blg does not have anything inside. Can I manually add bib file I already made into LaTeX file? – Jan Nov 06 '17 at 17:36
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    If you did install it today, there might indeed be a problem. I suggest that, in the meantime, you use bibtex. That means changing your biblatex option to backend=bibtex and reverting changes in your texmaker so that it runs bibtex. I'm not sure how long it's gonna take to fix things, but I can presume that in some days time, you can try again biber (and I do recommend you do so, bibtex is currently a legacy option for biblatex.) – gusbrs Nov 06 '17 at 17:37
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    Sorry, I don't. I'm a linux user myself, and thus not into the installation paths of MikTeX. But someonelse here certainly does. Still, I'd guess the same way you found the path to biber should work for bibtex too. @moewe, do you know it? – gusbrs Nov 06 '17 at 17:44
  • @gusbrs I found it, so sorry. It works but just get the warning Package biblatex Warning: Biber reported the following issues (biblatex) with 'Nesvi2005': (biblatex) - Invalid format of field 'month. Why does biber still have problem here? – Jan Nov 06 '17 at 17:47
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    Clear all temporary files and try again. If you use BibTeX it should be BibTeX that complains. – moewe Nov 06 '17 at 17:49
  • So biber is working, then! Well, I can't reproduce your warning, but you could try to substitute both your year and month fields by date = {2013-04},. – gusbrs Nov 06 '17 at 17:51
  • @gusbrs thank you so much. Let me try this later. The manuscript is due in 3 hours. So sorry. I will fix and comment again. @ moewe – Jan Nov 06 '17 at 17:54
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    month = {apr}, is wrong, month = {4}, would be acceptable, but date = {2013-04} is generally better. See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/386058/35864 – moewe Nov 06 '17 at 18:03
  • I tried biber again and got Package biblatex Warning: Please (re)run Biber on the file:. But while I rerun Biber from user command, I got Process exited with error(s). Here is Biber 2.7 @gusbrs – Jan Nov 07 '17 at 03:52
  • I delete the month here and also clear all temp file before run. It doesn't work. In user command, at command (% without extension), I type the word biber % in. Is this correct? @moewe – Jan Nov 07 '17 at 03:59
  • If you are running MikTeX and updated biblatex to version 3.9 in the last days you can't use Biber since that is still at the incompatible version 2.7. The problem is being worked on at the moment, currently the only solution is to go back to biblatex 3.7 (not that easy) or switch to BibTeX. Please show us the error messages you get, 'Process exited with error(s)' is not enough. – moewe Nov 07 '17 at 05:34
  • When I tried to use biber, the error was shown only that sentence. So I switch to BibTeX now. Although BibTeX creates PdfLaTeX ok, biber warning (about the month) appears. Why I got Biber warning after switching? My biblatex is v.3.8 @moewe – Jan Nov 07 '17 at 05:42
  • That is probably your editor hiding the rest of the error message from you. Normally you would find something in the .blg file, if not you can compile from the command line to see the error. – moewe Nov 07 '17 at 05:44
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    Indeed the warning says "Biber" even if you run BibTeX, this is just a problem with the warning and nothing you have to worry about. – moewe Nov 07 '17 at 05:45
  • You'll be happy to know that Biber 2.8 has been released. So you can use biblatex 3.8(a) with Biber again. – moewe Nov 17 '17 at 09:32

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