
Hi: Where you are adding file names to the vector call the generic_string method of the file name object, and this should work. Hth Sean. From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Amanullah Yasin Sent: 11 July 2011 13:19 To: boost-users Subject: [Boost-users] Help is required to get the file names in a directory........... Hello, Before, with boost 1.38 and visual studio 2005, i was using following funtion to retrieve the file names in a folder. Now i switched to boot 1.46.1 and visual studio 2010, but the following method is not working. Please guide me. void Compilation::getFileNames(vector<string>& listOfFiles) { boost::filesystem::directory_iterator iterator(string(".")); for(; iterator != boost::filesystem::directory_iterator(); ++iterator) { cout << (iterator->path().filename())<< endl; listOfFiles.push_back(iterator->path().filename() ); } error: error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'boost::filesystem3::path' to 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>' Thanks in advance. aman Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/xOEJ2Ag