[boost] serialization and MFC

Forgive the possibly naive question -- I have never used the serialization library, but I have used MFC serialization. I am curious if the boost serialization library can be made backwards-compatible with MFC serialization; that is, if I have an old application that uses MFC serialization, would it be possible to switch to the boost serialization library and still have the ability to read old (MFC) archives? I'd like to know: - if it's possible - how hard it would be (would it require reverse-engineering the MFC archive format? is that format stable? documented?) - what the advantages of switching are Thanks. -- Eric Niebler Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com