Re[2]: No MP graphics after installation under MikTeX

[Sytse Knypstra <S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl>]

I (re)installed MikTeX 2.3 and ConTeXt according to the following steps and 
then ran (outside c:\texmf\miktex\bin): mpost --version.
This gave the following result:
MiKTeX-MetaPost 2.3.1222 (0.641) (MiKTeX 2.3)
Copyright 1990 - 1995 by AT&T Bell Laboratories
TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society. METAFONT is a 
trademark of Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. PostScript is a trademark 
of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Sytse "Zachar" Knypstra


Installation of MikTeX and ConTeXt, June 6, 2003

0. Perl has already been installed; MS-DOS path contains a.o.
    D:\perl\bin;c:\localtexmf\context\perltk;c:\texmf\miktex\bin

1. Remove old MikTeX through the Control Panel.

2. Install MikTeX 2.3 (large). The localtexmf and texmf trees are generated.

3. Remove ConTeXt files through the MikTeX Package Manager.

4. Unzip cont-tmf.zip in c:\localtexmf

5. Unzip  runperl.zip in c:\localtexmf\context\perltk

6. Copy texexec.rme to texexec.ini
    Add a % before set  TeXShell  to  tetex
    Uncomment % set  TeXShell  to  miktex
    change the line:
    for  miktex  set  TeXPassString     to  --alias=context
    into:
    for  miktex  set  TeXPassString     to  --alias=context --enable-write18

7. Copy runperl.exe to texexec.exe, fdf2tan.exe, fdf2tex.exe,
    makempy.exe, mptopdf.exe, texfind.exe, texfont.exe, texshow.exe,
    texutil.exe

9. Open a MS-DOS window and go to directory c:\localtexmf\context\perltk.
    Run texexec --verbose. This gives you an overview of the settings.

10. In the file pdftex.cfg in the directory c:\texmf\pdftex\config
     we add: map +context.map

11. In the directory c:\localtexmf\tex\context\user copy the file
     cont-sys.rme to cont-sys.tex and add:
     \setupoutput [pdftex]
     \recycleMPslotstrue
     Uncomment
     \runMPgraphicstrue
     \runMPTEXgraphicstrue

12. In c:\texmf\miktex\config we find the file miktex.ini
     Under the heading [ConTeXt] we add:
     pool_size=1000000
     write18=enable
     Under [pdfeTeX]:
     Under [TeX] we change write18 = disable into write18 = enable

13. Regenerate de filename database through MikTeX - Options.

14. In our MS-DOS window we go to the directory c:\localtexmf\miktex\fmt
     and run:
     texexec --make en nl
     texexec --make metafun
     pdfetex -ini mptopdf
     The file metafun.mem is moved to c:\localtexmf\miktex\mem

15. Maybe redundant: regenerate the MikTeX filename database.

16. A simple testfile with a short text, a flowchart and a metafun graphic
     does not generate the graphics, but only the texts.