How does one write out the proper edge node names when the vertex data is a boost::shared_ptr? My graph is defined as: typedef property< vertex_index_t, uint32_t, property< vertex_name_t, boost::shared_ptr<Component> > > VertexProperty; typedef adjacency_list<setS, // OutEdgeList setS, // VertexList directedS, // Directed VertexProperty> // VertexProperties Graph_Type; The call in graphviz.hpp at line 269 has me confused. I understand that the node ids are printed out by looking for the value stored in the vertex_index_t property, graphviz.hpp at line 263. So if the value stored at the vertex_index_t property was the value '3' the node's name would be '3'. The edges are what have me confused. I would expect that the source id and the target it would be the value of the vertex_index_t property. So if there are two nodes the dot file would be: 0[label="A"]; 1[label="B"]; 0 -> 1; Yet with a boost::shared_ptr stored in a vertex_name_t property I get: 0[label="A"]; 1[label="B"]; 0x807a108->0x807a128; Well anything starting with a '0x' is ambigiuos to the dot parser. It breaks the 0x807a108 into two names. I need to use a boost::shared_ptr for my data. I believe I have not used the right boost::property type. Is that right? What I expect to see as output for the dot file is: 0[label="A"]; 1[label="B"]; 0->1; Stephen -- Email: storri@torri.org