I'm trying to insert my own stream buffer into a boost stream. Here is the code http://hostcode.sourceforge.net/view/5044 At the top are two arbitrary streambuf derived classes I copied from the web that are said to work with the std::stream. They don't work either. My work is in the rtf namespace. In main there is a test with my device, file_source, and std::ifstream derived, they all work. Then I've tried the likes of: rtf::basic_stream< char, char_array_buffer > io_4( input ); rtf::basic_stream< char, outbuf > io_4( input ); and the one I want to work: rtf::basic_stream< char, rtf::rtf_stream_buffer > io_4( input ); they all fail at: { BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(is_std_io<T>::value); } line 66 in concept_adapter.hpp. All the classes are derived from std::basic_streambuf which is on the list #ifndef BOOST_IOSTREAMS_NO_STREAM_TEMPLATES And I could not find it defined with agent ransack So, I seem to be missing something fundamental and just don't know what it could be. Thanks. Dan.