Hi, I am new to Boost and am looking for a way to pass xyz coordinates from a 32-bit application to a 64-bit one. I see two recent posts on this same topic, but the explanation, as well as the Boost documentation (on offset_ptr) is a bit sparse. Below is a simple example I modified from the Boost documentations <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/interprocess/quick_guide.html#interprocess.quick_guide.qg_interprocess_container> , which works for either 32-bit or 64-bit but not when the parent is 32-bit and child is 64-bit, and vice versa. Can someone tell me what I need to do enable this function? Thank you in advance, Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------- #define BOOST_DATE_TIME_NO_LIB #include <boost/interprocess/managed_shared_memory.hpp> #include <boost/interprocess/containers/vector.hpp> #include <boost/interprocess/allocators/allocator.hpp> #include <string> #include <cstdlib> //std::system #include <conio.h> #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> using namespace boost::interprocess; //Define an STL compatible allocator of ints that allocates from the managed_shared_memory. //This allocator will allow placing containers in the segment typedef allocator<float, managed_shared_memory::segment_manager> ShmemAllocator; //Alias a vector that uses the previous STL-like allocator so that allocates //its values from the segment typedef vector<float, ShmemAllocator> MyVector; //Main function. For parent process argc == 1, for child process argc == 2 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if(argc == 1){ //Parent process //Remove shared memory on construction and destruction struct shm_remove { shm_remove() { shared_memory_object::remove("MySharedMemory"); } ~shm_remove(){ shared_memory_object::remove("MySharedMemory"); } } remover; //Create a new segment with given name and size managed_shared_memory segment(create_only, "MySharedMemory", 65536); //Initialize shared memory STL-compatible allocator const ShmemAllocator alloc_inst (segment.get_segment_manager()); //Construct a vector named "MyVector" in shared memory with argument alloc_inst MyVector *myvector = segment.construct<MyVector>("MyVector")(alloc_inst); for(int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) //Insert data in the vector myvector->push_back(0.0); // Loop bool exitFlag = false; while (1) { // Store 3 values myvector->at(0) = rand() % 100; myvector->at(1) = rand() % 100; myvector->at(2) = rand() % 100; std::cout << "Parent: " << myvector->at(0) << ", " << myvector->at(1) << ", " << myvector->at(2) << std::endl; if (kbhit()) { switch (getch()) { default: exitFlag = true; break; } if (exitFlag) break; } Sleep(500); } //When done, destroy the vector from the segment segment.destroy<MyVector>("MyVector"); } else { //Child process //Open the managed segment managed_shared_memory segment(open_only, "MySharedMemory"); //Find the vector using the c-string name MyVector *myvector = segment.find<MyVector>("MyVector").first; //Loop bool exitFlag = false; while (1) { try { std::cout << "Child: " << myvector->at(0) << ", " << myvector->at(1) << ", " << myvector->at(2) << std::endl; } catch (...) { std::cout << "Error accessing vector, exiting..." << std::endl; exitFlag = true; } if (kbhit()) { switch (getch()) { default: exitFlag = true; break; } } if (exitFlag) break; Sleep(500); } } return 0; }; -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Interprocess-managed-shared-memory-betwee... Sent from the Boost - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.