[Tex/LaTex] Custom BST file not being used

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I am preparing a paper for a journal, which provided a custom LaTeX class file and a custom BST Bibtex style file for me to use.

As this is just a one-time use, I simply put both the class file and the BST file in the same folder with my tex file.

I then build my file to pdf, using Texnic Center with Miktex. The end of my document reads

\bibliographystyle{journalstyle}
\bibliography{mybib}
\end{document}

where journalstyle.bst is the journal-provided style file and mybib.bib is the name of my .bib file.

The journal's class file works fine, but the Bibtex refuses to use the custom BST file when running, making my references appear the same way before (and actually all wrong because of their interaction with the new class file).

When I run Bibtex on its own on this document, Bibtex tells me it is using some other style file on my computer, amsrn.bst, even though I am explicitly telling it to use journalstyle.bst.

Can anyone help?

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the file amsrn.bst is loaded by \usepackage{amsrefs}, so if that command appears in either your file or the class file, it will override the other \bibliographystyle request.

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I propose a variant of this answer of mine.

\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@inproceedings{vlee2010,
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  author={\disambiguate{Lee V}{V.}{Lee}, VCCC and  others},
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  year={2010},

}
@inproceedings{jlee2010,
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\documentclass[acmnow]{acmtrans2m}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\disambiguate}[3]{#2~#3}


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First is \cite{vlee2010}. Second is \cite{jlee2010}.
\bibliographystyle{acmtrans}

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The filecontents* environment is only to make the document self-contained, you can do as usual with a separate .bib file.

The first argument to \disambiguate is ignored by LaTeX, but is used by BibTeX for sorting. Add whatever it's needed to ensure correct sorting. In the document proper we define \disambiguate to use the second and third arguments (initial and surname), while in the bibliography it will use only the surname.

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