[Tex/LaTex] Error message when using biber

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Great site here. I have a question regarding Biblatex and Biber. My current .tex file structure looks like this in TeXworks:

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\usepackage{inputenc} 
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear]{biblatex} 
\addbibresource{mybib.bib} 

\begin{document} 
\printbibliography
\end{document}

When I run the Biber typeset, I get the following error:

INFO - This is biber 0.9.3
INFO - Logfile is 'myfile.blg'
FATAL - Cannot find control file 'myfile.bcf'! - did you pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX?

What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

_________________________________(Edit by Richard 06/24/2011)

I applied the changes suggested below and although it worked for a single citation, when I include more than one, I get a PDF that only reads "Some text [A01]". Here is what I have now:

\listfiles

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Lees:2011zi,
      author         = "Lees, J.P. and others",
      title          = "{Cross Sections for the Reactions $e^+e^- \to K^+ K^-
                    \pi^+\pi^-,\, K^+ K^- \pi^0\pi^0$, and $K^+ K^- K^+ K^-$
                    Measured Using Initial-State Radiation}",
      collaboration  = "The BABAR Collaboration",
      year           = "2011",
      note           = "* Temporary entry *",
      eprint         = "1103.3001",
      archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
      primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}


@article{delAmoSanchez:2010fd,
  author         = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
  title          = "{Analysis of the $D^+ \to K^- \pi^+ e^+ \nu_e$ decay
                    channel}",
  collaboration  = "The BABAR Collaboration",
  journal        = "Phys.Rev.",
  volume         = "D83",
  pages          = "072001",
  doi            = "10.1103/PhysRevD.83.072001",
  year           = "2011",
  eprint         = "1012.1810",
  archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
  primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}


@article{delAmoSanchez:2010yp,
  author         = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
  title          = "{Dalitz plot analysis of $D_s^+ \to K^+ K^- \pi^+$}",
  collaboration  = "The BABAR Collaboration",
  journal        = "Phys.Rev.",
  volume         = "D83",
  pages          = "052001",
  doi            = "10.1103/PhysRevD.83.052001",
  year           = "2011",
  eprint         = "1011.4190",
  archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
  primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}


@article{delAmoSanchez:2010bx,
  author         = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
  title          = "{Search for the Decay $B^{0} \to \gamma \gamma$}",
  collaboration  = "The BABAR Collaboration",
  journal        = "Phys.Rev.",
  volume         = "D83",
  pages          = "032006",
  doi            = "10.1103/PhysRevD.83.032006",
  year           = "2011",
  eprint         = "1010.2229",
  archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
  primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}


@article{delAmoSanchez:2010zd,
  author         = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
  title          = "{Measurement of the $B^0 \to \pi^\ell \ell^+ \nu$ and
                    $B^+ \to \eta^{(')} \ell^+ \nu$ Branching Fractions, the
                    $B^0 \to \pi^- \ell^+ \nu$ and $B^+ \to \eta \ell^+ \nu$
                    Form-Factor Shapes, and Determination of $|V_{ub}|$}",
  collaboration  = "BABAR Collaboration",
  journal        = "Phys.Rev.",
  volume         = "D83",
  pages          = "052011",
  doi            = "10.1103/PhysRevD.83.052011",
  year           = "2011",
  eprint         = "1010.0987",
  archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
  primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}


@article{delAmoSanchez:2010bk,
  author         = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
  title          = "{Search for the Rare Decay $B \to K \nu \bar{nu}$}",
  collaboration  = "BABAR Collaboration",
  journal        = "Phys.Rev.",
  volume         = "D82",
  pages          = "112002",
  doi            = "10.1103/PhysRevD.82.112002",
  year           = "2010",
  eprint         = "1009.1529",
  archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
  primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}

@article{delAmoSanchez:2010vq,
  author         = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
  title          = "{Observation of new resonances decaying to $D\pi$ and
                    $D^*\pi$ in inclusive $e^+e^-$ collisions near
                    $\sqrt{s}=$10.58 GeV}",
  collaboration  = "The BABAR Collaboration",
  journal        = "Phys.Rev.",
  volume         = "D82",
  pages          = "111101",
  doi            = "10.1103/PhysRevD.82.111101",
  year           = "2010",
  eprint         = "1009.2076",
  archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
  primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
}
 \end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

Some text \autocite{A01}.

\printbibliography

\end{document}

______________________(EDIT BY RICHARD 06/27/2011)

When I compile this, I get almost perfect results, however there seems to be several "¿" throughout the document. Also, [hep-ex] is always displayed after each citation (I guess it prints the primaryClass at the end). Can I somehow disable the [hep-ex] from showing?

Also, would it be worth it to run XeTeX instead of latex when I compile? I'm looking for the best way to get unicode characters (preserve sub/superscripts, etc). Should I add the line, \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} if I do this?

Thanks for all your help. 

\listfiles

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}


@Article{Aubert:2007sea,
     author    = "Aubert, Bernard and others",
     collaboration = "BABAR",
     title     = "{Evidence for b ---> d gamma Transitions From a Sum of
              Exclusive Final States in the Hadronic Final State Mass
              Range 1.0-GeV/c**2 < M(X(d)) < 1.8-GeV/c**2}",
     year      = "2007",
     eprint    = "0708.1652",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass  =  "hep-ex",
     SLACcitation  = "%%CITATION = 0708.1652;%%"
}

@Article{:2010ip,
     author    = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
     collaboration = "BABAR",
     title     = "{Dalitz-plot Analysis of B0 --> D0bar pi+ pi-}",
     journal   = "PoS",
     volume    = "ICHEP2010",
     year      = "2010",
     pages     = "250",
     eprint    = "1007.4464",
     archivePrefix = "arXiv",
     primaryClass  =  "hep-ex",
     SLACcitation  = "%%CITATION = 1007.4464;%%"
}


@Article{delAmoSanchez:2010rq,
    author    = "del Amo Sanchez, P. and others",
    collaboration = "BABAR",
    title     = "{Evidence for direct CP violation in the measurement of the
              Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle gamma with B-+ --> D(*)
              K(*)-+ decays}",
    journal   = "Phys. Rev. Lett.",
    volume    = "105",
    year      = "2010",
    pages     = "121801",
    eprint    = "1005.1096",
    archivePrefix = "arXiv",
    primaryClass  =  "hep-ex",
    doi       = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.121801",
    SLACcitation  = "%%CITATION = 1005.1096;%%"
}


\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

\nocite{*}

\printbibliography

\end{document}

Best Answer

This is a rather minimal, but compilable test example. Does this example (saved, say, as biblatextest.tex) compile for you without errors? If not, what does the logfile (biblatextest.txt), especially the section *File List, say?

EDIT: The proper compile sequence for the example (if one doesn't use a makefile like latexmk) is

-pdflatex biblatextest
-biber biblatextest
-pdflatex biblatextest

Note the use of biber as a replacement for bibtex!

\listfiles

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{A01,
  author = {Author, A.},
  year = {2001},
  title = {Alpha},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

Some text \autocite{A01}.

\printbibliography

\end{document}

(The filecontents environment is only used to include some external files directly into the example, so that it compiles. It is not necessary for the solution.)

EDIT 2: In response to the updated question: In the code snippet \autocite{A01}, A01 is the citekey of the first (and only) bibentry in my .bib file (it starts with @misc{A01, misc being the BibTeX type). What do you expect when you cite an entry that isn't included in your .bib file?

EDIT 3: That's a new question, isn't it? ;-) To remove [hep-ex] from every bibliography entry, add the following to your preamble:

\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{eprintclass}}

And yes, XeLaTeX instead of pdfLaTeX may be worth a try. For details see Frequently loaded packages: Differences between pdfLaTeX and XeLaTeX.

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