I am writing a report (I apologise for the coding being a little messy - I am new to using LaTeX and the report is a mix of two different templates) using Overleaf and JabRef and one error keeps coming up. I have googled the problem, but that didn't help. A friend has suggested, it might have something to do with the bibliography, but I cannot seem to find the error. The following error message shows (and it doesn't say where the error is, as it usually does):
[0] Config.pm:343> INFO - This is Biber 2.5
[0] Config.pm:346> INFO - Logfile is 'main.blg'
[40] biber:290> INFO - === Sun May 20, 2018, 10:29:32
[169] Utils.pm:165> ERROR - main.bcf is malformed, last biblatex run probably failed. Deleted main.bbl
[169] Biber.pm:113> INFO - ERRORS: 1
I am desperate for some help figuring out where I made an error and what the error message means. Can anyone spot the mistake(s)?
My main.tex looks like this:
\input{setup/preamble.tex}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\input{sections/01_forside.tex}
\input{sections/02_resume.tex}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\tableofcontents
%mainmatter
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\input{sections/03_projektformulering.tex}
\input{sections/04_luftmaengder.tex}
\input{sections/05_myndighedskrav.tex}
\input{sections/06_ventilation.tex}
\input{sections/07_konklusion.tex}
\printbibliography
%Tegninger (Drawings)
\renewcommand\appendixname{Tegninger}
\renewcommand\appendixpagename{Tegninger}
\renewcommand\appendixtocname{Tegninger}
\appendix
\appendixpage
\addappheadtotoc
\renewcommand\thechapter{\arabic{chapter}}
\input{sections/08_tegninger.tex}
%Appendiks (Appendix)
\renewcommand\appendixname{Appendiks}
\renewcommand\appendixpagename{Appendiks}
\renewcommand\appendixtocname{Appendiks}
\appendix
\appendixpage
\addappheadtotoc
\input{sections/09_appendiks.tex}
%Bilag (Annex)
\renewcommand\appendixname{Bilag}
\renewcommand\appendixpagename{Bilag}
\renewcommand\appendixtocname{Bilag}
\appendix
\appendixpage
\addappheadtotoc
\renewcommand\thechapter{\Roman{chapter}}
\input{sections/10_bilag.tex}
\end{document}
This is what my preamble.tex looks like:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,danish]{babel}
\usepackage[sc]{mathpazo}
\linespread{1.05}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{aaublue}{RGB}{33,26,82}% dark blue
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{%
font=footnotesize,
labelfont=bf
}
\usepackage{array,booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\mathcode`\*="8000
{\catcode`\*\active\gdef*{\cdot}}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[framed,amsmath,thmmarks]{ntheorem}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge}
\titleformat*{\section}{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subsection}{\normalfont\large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subsubsection}{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}
%\titleformat*{\paragraph}{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}
%\titleformat*{\subparagraph}{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[block]
{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{\thechapter.}{1em}{\Huge}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-19pt}{0pt}
\usepackage{appendix}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\setlength{\headheight}{15.2pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\lhead{\korttitel}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\fancyhead[r]{\small\nouppercase\rightmark}
\raggedbottom
\usepackage{calc}
\newcommand{\dato}{31. maj 2018}
\newcommand{\titel}{Kursusprojekt - Ventilation \& Indeklima}
\newcommand{\korttitel}{Kursusprojekt}
\newcommand{\gruppe}{Gruppe 407}
\newcommand{\MDH}{Mads Dalsgård Hansen}
\newcommand{\MST}{Morten Søndergaard Thomsen}
\newcommand{\MSS}{Mikkel Schjerup Simested}
\newcommand{\CBS}{Cecilie Bossow Sørensen}
\usepackage[defernumbers=true]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{bib/litteraturliste.bib}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage[
colorinlistoftodos,
textwidth=\marginparwidth,
textsize=scriptsize,
]{todonotes}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{%
pdfpagelabels=true,%
plainpages=false,%
pdfauthor={Author(s)},%
pdftitle={Title},%
pdfsubject={Subject},%
bookmarksnumbered=true,%
colorlinks=false,%
citecolor=black,%
filecolor=black,%
linkcolor=black,%
urlcolor=black,%
pdfstartview=FitH%
}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{per-mode=symbol}
\mathcode`\*="8000
{\catcode`\*\active\gdef*{\cdot}}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\graphicspath{{graphics/}}
\usepackage{float}
My bibliography (litteraturliste.bib) made with JAbRef looks like this:
% Encoding: UTF-8
@Book{danvak,
title = {Varme- og Klimateknik, Grundbog},
publisher = {Danvak ApS},
year = {2013},
editor = {H. E. Hansen; P. Kjerulf-Jensen; Ole B. Stampe},
edition = {4. udgave},
}
@Book{sbi196,
title = {SBi Anvisning 196 - Indeklimahåndbogen},
publisher = {Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut},
year = {2000},
editor = {Ole Valbjørn; Susse Laustsen; John Høwish; Ove Nielsen; Peter A. Nielsen},
edition = {2. udgave},
}
@Book{mwg,
title = {MWGs slides},
publisher = {Syddansk Universitet},
year = {2018},
author = {Martin Winther-Gaasvig},
}
@Book{exhausto,
title = {Indeklimaklasser},
publisher = {Exhausto},
year = {2018/05/11},
editor = {Exhausto},
url = {https://www.exhausto.dk/projektering/Learning%20-%20Skoleventilation/Design%20af%20system/Indoor%20climate%20class},
}
@Book{klimadebat,
title = {CO2-koncentration},
publisher = {Klimadebat.dk},
year = {2018/05/11},
editor = {Klimadebat.dk},
url = {http://www.klimadebat.dk/grafer_co2_ppm.php},
}
@Book{denlilleblaa,
title = {Den lille blå om Ventilation},
publisher = {Dansk Energi},
year = {2016},
author = {Claus M. Hvenegaard; Christian Drivsholm},
editor = {Jørn Borup Jensen; Dorte Lindholm; Ditte Mikkelsen},
edition = {3. udgave},
}
@Book{ventilationsteknik,
title = {Varme- og Klimateknik, Ventilationsteknik},
publisher = {Danvak ApS},
year = {2000},
author = {Ole B. Stampe},
edition = {4. udgave},
}
@Comment{jabref-meta: databaseType:bibtex;}
\inputing so many files we don't have. The problem could be caused by your.texfile not compiling cleanly. Do you get any other warnings or errors? – moewe May 20 '18 at 14:50andregardless of the expected output in the.bibfile.;s are wrong, you needauthor = {Claus M. Hvenegaard and Christian Drivsholm},etc. See https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/36396/35864. Ideally theeditionfield is just a number, you don't need to addudgaveas inedition = {4. udgave},:edition = {4},is enough. – moewe May 20 '18 at 15:03I cannot count the number of times I have recompiled. The last three times (where I haven't made any changes) all it has done is changed the numbers in the []-brackets (from [0] [0] [40] [169] [169] to [0] [0] [42] [147] [147] to [0] [0] [61] [184] [184] to [0] [0] [66] [247] [248] - and then [0] [0] [61] [240] [240] after making changes to biblatex and refreshing), but apart from that the error message is still the same.
Thank you, I have changed all my '';'' to ''and'' and removed the ''.udgave'' from the edition field.
– Cecilie Bossow May 20 '18 at 15:20.zipfile from Overleaf: Press on the arrow on the "Download as ZIP" button and choose "Input and Output files". Download the.zipopen it and upload the.logand.blgfile to pastebin.com. – moewe May 20 '18 at 15:35