Hi folks. I'm learning the basics of the serialization library right now. I'd like to know if there's a known tactic for archiving enums with textual tokens, rather than the int value itself. For instance, consider the following code: I set up an enum called status_t, and a class Foo that has a status_t as a data member. In Foo's serialize function, I record the status_t (myStatus). enum status_t { ON, OFF }; class Foo { status_t myStatus; friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive> serialize(...) { ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(myStatus); } }; The xml output file looks sort of like this: <Foo> <myStatus>0</myStatus> </Foo> The file that is generated when serialize() is invoked certainly works, but the value for myStatus appears as an int. What if I want to convert the int to a string in the archive? That is, I want the xml file to look like this: <Foo> <myStatus>ON</myStatus> </Foo> Are there any good strategies for doing this? Thanks, --Steve (sgross@sjm.com)