[Solved] Latex&VScode Error: I found no bibdata command//command//citation—while reading file*.aux

Latex& Vscode error I found no bibdata command// command// citation – while reading file * aux

 

Problem description

The template I use requires the compile order: Compile with: xelatex -> biber -> xelatex -> xelatex

Using various tutorials in the VScode plugin configuration json file are xelatex -> bibtex -> xelatex -> xelatex

In fact bibtex and biber are not a thing, refer to tex link

Resulting in the problem as shown

Solution:

Add the configuration for biber compilation to the setting.json configuration file in VScode’s Latex

 "latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
      
        {
            "name": "biber",
            "command": "biber",
            "args": [
                "%DOC%"
              
            ]
        }
    ],
 "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
     {
         "name": "xelatex -> biber -> xelatex*2",
         "tools": [
         "xelatex",
         "biber",
         "xelatex",
         "xelatex"
         ]

     }
 ],

Restart VScode and use xelatex -> biber -> xelatex*2 to compile successfully

Full Codes:

{
    "latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
        {
            "name": "latexmk",
            "command": "latexmk",
            "args": [
                "-synctex=1",
                "-interaction=nonstopmode",
                "-file-line-error",
                "-pdf",
                "%DOC%"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "xelatex",
            "command": "xelatex",
            "args": [
                "-synctex=1",
                "-interaction=nonstopmode",
                "-file-line-error",
                "%DOC%"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "pdflatex",
            "command": "pdflatex",
            "args": [
                "-synctex=1",
                "-interaction=nonstopmode",
                "-file-line-error",
                "%DOC%"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "bibtex",
            "command": "bibtex",
            // "command": "biber",
            "args": [
                // "%DOC%"
                "%DOCFILE%"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "biber",
            "command": "biber",
            // "command": "biber",
            "args": [
                "%DOC%"
              
            ]
        }
    ],
    "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
        {
            "name": "xelatex",
            "tools": ["xelatex"]
        },
        {
            "name": "latexmk",
            "tools": ["latexmk"]
        },
        {
            "name": "pdflatex -> bibtex",
            "tools": ["pdflatex","bibtex"]
        },
        // {
        //     "name": "pdflatex -> bibtex -> pdflatex*2",
        //     "tools": [
        //         "pdflatex",
        //         "bibtex",
        //         "pdflatex",
        //         "pdflatex"
        //     ]
        // },
        {
            "name": "xelatex -> bibtex -> xelatex*2",
            "tools": [
            "xelatex",
            "bibtex",
            "xelatex",
            "xelatex"
            ]

        },
        {
            "name": "xelatex -> biber -> xelatex*2",
            "tools": [
            "xelatex",
            "biber",
            "xelatex",
            "xelatex"
            ]

        }
    ],
    "latex-workshop.latex.clean.fileTypes": [
        "*.aux",
        "*.bbl",
        "*.blg",
        "*.idx",
        "*.ind",
        "*.lof",
        "*.lot",
        "*.out",
        "*.toc",
        "*.acn",
        "*.acr",
        "*.alg",
        "*.glg",
        "*.glo",
        "*.gls",
        "*.ist",
        "*.fls",
        "*.log",
        "*.fdb_latexmk"
    ],
    "latex-workshop.message.error.show": false,
    "latex-workshop.message.warning.show": false,

    "latex-workshop.showContextMenu": true, 
    "latex-workshop.intellisense.package.enabled": true, 
    "latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run": "onSave", 

}

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