Haris, thanks for the offer to look at my .bib file. Through elimination I have now established that the problem is caused by the entry below. I don't normally add lots of custom fields, these were automatically created when I imported the entry from a database. I don't need any of the custom fields and deleting them solves my problem.

A question of general interest remains however. Which of the following two holds: - the exporting database and/or Bibdesk on import create non-standard/ invalid bibtex code, or - the TM latex bundle has a bug in that it hangs on valid custom fields it should simply ignore?

In other words, who should I file a bug with?

Bilal.

@book{dfee:1998, Author = {for Education, Department and Service, Employment; Government Statistical}, Booktitle = {Teacher Supply and Demand Modelling : A Technical Description}, Date-Added = {2007-12-03 20:32:33 +0000}, Date-Modified = {2007-12-03 20:33:32 +0000}, Dc.Creator = {BOPCAS team}, Dc.Creator.Address = {virginia.knight@bristol.ac.uk}, Dc.Date = {2007-06-02}, Dc.Date.Created = {2006-11-17}, Dc.Description = {BOPCAS record: Teacher Supply and Demand Modelling : A Technical Description: 1998}, Dc.Format = {text/html}, Dc.Identifier = {http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/bopcas/bop1998/ ref10076.html}, Dc.Language = {en}, Dc.Publisher = {ILRT, University of Bristol}, Dc.Source = {ISBN: 0-11-271032-8}, Dc.Subject = {EDUCATION;}, Dc.Title = {Teacher Supply and Demand Modelling : A Technical Description}, Dc.Type = {Data.Structured-Text}, Isbn = {0-11-271032-8}, Publisher = {The Stationery Office}, Series = {Departmental Publication}, Title = {Teacher Supply and Demand Modelling : A Technical Description}, Year = {1998}}

Can you send me your bibliography file? It seems that's were the function chokes. How large is your bibliography file?

Haris Skiadas Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Hanover College