>>On 22-03-2009 16:53, Constantine wrote:

>> I am a niewbie to Metapost and wanted to ask for your advise on how to 
>> install MetaPost under Windows XP, if that's possible. Basically, I want to

>> be able to write an *.mp file and be able to compile it and view the 
>> output. Is there any program that does that?

>Yes: Metapost does exactly that. :-)

>I am not aware of a standalone Metapost distribution, but you might

>install MiKTeX:

>http://www.miktex.org

>Then you would have Metapost, together with TeX and a lot of other
>goodies.

>Best regards,

>Jose Carlos Santos


Thanks for the reply. I work with MikTeX and TeXnicCenter. You 
mean that instead of a standalone program I can incorporate the 
MetaPost figure(s) directly into LaTeX and view the results 
from there? It is possible to create  pdf, png, jpeg files from 

the same MetaPost code? I need these graphics for other 
applications (like Openoffice, etc.,).

Thanks again,
constantine