Re: first attempt to run mp

[Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>]

Hi Pawel

Pawel wrote: At 09:42 07.10.2003, you wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>I've just made a quick test -- running metapost with ConTeXt. The sample
>code was just:
>
>     \starttext
>      The simplest metapost code sample
>     \startMPgraphic
>      fill unitsquare scaled 123 withcolor (.2,.3,.4) ;
>     \stopMPgraphic
>     \stoptext
>
>which looks ok, right? And of course mpost creates nice navy square from
>that code. But running
>
>     texexec  --automprun sample.mp
>
>cause a serious system error; ''There is a problem with mpost.exe and bla
>bla bla''. Smart and clever' windows XP try to report that problem to
>microsoft.
>The problem occur just after terminal says
>
>     This is MetaPost,  Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x)
>     (mpgraph.mp
>
>and after that system display an error box.
>As manual says I 've made some changes in texmf.cnf:
>
>     openout_any = a
>     shell_escape = t
>     allow_multiple_suffixes = f
>
>What should I do next to catch 'serious system error' while running metapost
>code included in tex code?
>Is the problem comonly known?

I am using Windows XP myself. I never experienced the mentioned problem 
with metapost.
What I miss in your error message is the used format like
    " This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mem=metafun 2003.9.25) "
Did you generate the metafun format and placed it in e.g. the 
TeX\texmf-var\web2c directory, mktexlsr?

Regards Willi