Sigh your showing your ignorance to c++ again. Do what you like but just because a library has a lot of stuff doesn't mean you use it all. The serialization class is one or two header files you include with your project and you can simply write your class out as if you were writing it to cout and it does all the xml structure. Up to you though go ahead I might go out and build a wheel tomorrow so I can make a bike to. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 7:25 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: serialization question with xml I'm not going to bother with boost for much of anything except possibly random generation. It's huge, bloated and from what I've seen of the serialization it really doesn't do much to save me from flat files. I like the tinyxml library, I just wasn't sure how the best way to set it up would be. On Dec 19, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Ken Perry wrote: > > I would not do it this way. If I was to do it I would use the serialization > library in boost. It will be a standard some day and you will be ahead of > the curve. Not to mention it is no work at all to serialize and > de-serialize using that library. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler > Littlefield > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:53 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: serialization question with xml > > Hello all, > I decided to look at the idea of serialization with xml, and had a quick > question. I had origenally planned to set up a list of properties like: > <player> > <name>tyler</name> etc > Is there a better way to do this? > Thanks, > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind