>I have the following line of code:

>     boost::algorithm::split(SplitString, temp, "-"); I get the following error when trying >to compile using visual c++ 2005:

>error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments finder.hpp 583

>Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong here.

You should be using boost::algorithm::split(SplitString, temp, is_any_of("-")); the 3rd parameter should be a predicate functor not string. You need to include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp> to use the predefined functor is_any_of().
 
Hope it helps.
Tom