Help with Serialize()

[timmay3141]

I'm trying to use the MFC function Serialize() to save a document. I've never used it before, and am having some trouble. I did a simple test run and understand the basic concepts, but I'm trying to save a linked list, so it gets a littly sticky and I'm trying to fix a problem with it. Is there any easy way to do the debugging, like looking at the file and seeing exactly what was output? I want to make sure everything is output correctly.

 

[palbano]

well you can open the file with the IDE in "binary" mode and see it in the HEX editor if that helps.

i don't really understand what your asking for, can you clarify your question?

-pete

 

[timmay3141]

Well, using the C++ class fstream, I could do something like this:

fstream file("c:\\myfile.txt, ios::read | ios::write);
double a = 5, b = 3;
file << a << endl << b << endl;

I could then open up myfile.txt using Windows Explorer and look to see what had been output, just to make sure it output what I expected it to. My question is, can I open the file created using Serialize() and look at the values that it output, or does it not put them in any format I could read?