On Mon, 18 May 2009, Alan Stone wrote:

Hi, How do you make this work ?

--- mpframed.tex ---

%\def\myFrameAlternative{line} %\def\myFrameAlternative{dashes} \def\myFrameAlternative{dots}

I usually do (untested) \chardef\myFrameAlternative \myFrameAlternative \zerocount %(or \plusone or \plustwo) and then

\startuniqueMPgraphic{name}

path p ;

p := unitsquare xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight ; show (\myFrameAlternative) ;

\ifcase \myFramedAlternative draw p dashed evenly scaled 2 ; \or draw p dashed with dots scaled 2 ; \or draw p; \fi

if \myFrameAlternative = dashes : % if (\myFrameAlternative) = dashes : draw p dashed evenly scaled 2 ; % elseif (\myFrameAlternative) = dots : elseif \myFrameAlternative = dots : draw p dashed withdots scaled 2 ; else : draw p ; fi ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic

\defineoverlay[myGraphic][\uniqueMPgraphic{name}]

\starttext

\framed[% offset=5mm, background=myGraphic, frame=off] {mp framed}

\stoptext

Aditya