Re: NSArchiver on Win32 and cross-compatibility with Cocoa?

[Pascal Bourguignon]

Angus Gratton <angusgr@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
> I've been looking at using the NSArchiver class to store my document 
> data files (a combination of primarily strings and sounds - probably 
> using SndKit.)
> 
> However, it has to run on both Windows (Win32/mingw compiler) and 
> Cocoa (using Apple's foundation kit) and I understand that the 
> GNUStep and Cocoa Archiver files aren't compatible, right?
> 
> Is there any way you can use the GNUStep Archiver format even if you 
> don't use anything else from GNUStep (I don't want to force my users 
> to install all the GNUStep stuff on OS X.)
> 
> Am I daydreaming? Do I need to byte the bullet and make my own 
> encoder/decoder methods for this data?


This is a FAQ.  Do we have a GNUstep FAQ?

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=GNUStep+Archiver&hl=en&as_qdr=all&sa=N&tab=wg

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=GNUStep+Archiver&hl=en&as_qdr=all&rnum=3&selm=10009100424.AA00936%40tiptree.brainstorm.co.uk

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