you can but if you serialize a pointer to a character I don't think you'll get back what you want. Upon loading, the system will create a single new character and return a pointer to it. Somehow I don't think that's what you want. Robert Ramey "Ariel Brunetto" <abrunetto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c1bd22250804081950k2342e4d1l956cc5c005d605c8@mail.gmail.com... Sorry, but I dont understand. The documentation says that I can serialize a pointer to a Serializable type such as a primitive type. Is this true? Ariel On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote: binary_object will do it - but you have to create the array by hand. look at using a reference to an array in stead of a pointer. Robert Ramey "Ariel Brunetto" <abrunetto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c1bd22250804081247i4c34489fh5f69a0d0c8595b73@mail.gmail.com... My pointer to a char is actually an array. Is it possible to serialize it in this way? Ariel On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote: serializing a pointer to a char is will only serialize one char. try serializating either an array of characters or an std::string Robert Ramey "Ariel Brunetto" <abrunetto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c1bd22250804081016m1bf9c734s143a08b9a166a2bb@mail.gmail.com... Hello! My name is Ariel and this is my first time with boost. I spent a few days looking arround the serialization library, and right now I have a project with my first serialized classes. I spent some time reading the documentation and the tutorial. I am having problems serializing pointers. I am trying to serialize a const char* and it seems that doesn't work in the trivial way. This is my code: //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // myserializeclass.h //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <fstream> #include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp> //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- class MySerializeClass { private: friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int uiVersion) { ar & m_pChar; } // members to serialize public: char* m_pChar; }; //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOST_CLASS_TRACKING(MySerializeAbstractBase, ::boost::serialization::track_never) //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // myserializeclass.cpp //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- int main() { MySerializeClass MySerializeClassObject; std::ofstream ofs(akFilename); boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(ofs); oa << MySerializeClassObject; return 0; } //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- It doesn't compile. I get the following error: 1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\boost\serialization\access.hpp(109) : error C2228: left of '.serialize' must have class/struct/union I know that this is my mistake, but I don't know how to fix it ;). I know that there is a lot of consideration about pointer serialization. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance! Ariel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users -- ________________ Ariel Brunetto www.aquadize.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users -- ________________ Ariel Brunetto www.aquadize.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users