On Oct 17, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Michael Green wrote:
>> MTXrun | current version: 2009.10.16 16:13
>>
>> I get the gray dummy box.
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \externalfigure[cow.pdf]
>>
>> \stoptext
>
> actually there has been a fix
>
> by default graphics are *not* looked up in the tex tree unless you
> specify the 'default' location:
>
> \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}]
>
> \starttext
>
> \externalfigure[cow.pdf]
>
> \stoptext
>
> works ok

Great! Thanks!