serialize rich edit control problem

Okay,

so i started a project with a rich edit view, richedit doc and such..

but I also create another Cricheditctrl object in this program. I'm trying to serialize it in Document class serialize function.

is this even okay to do?

Code:

void CProject5Doc::Serialize(CArchive& ar)
{
	CMainFrame* pMainWnd = (CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd();
	CFile *file = ar.GetFile();
  CString cname=file->GetFilePath();
  // I like seeing the full pathname as a title.
 
  SetTitle(cname); 
  if (cname.Right(4) == ".rtf")
  {
    // No change for rtf files
    //CRichEditDoc::Serialize(ar);
	  pMainWnd->m_edit.Serialize(ar);
  }
  else
  {
    // Treat as flat text files
    CString cstr;
    // CRichEditDoc will only work with one CRichEditView 
    // class. 
    CView *pView = GetView();
    // GetView is equavalent to:
    // POSITION pos;
    //pos = GetFirstViewPosition();
    //CView *pView= GetNextView(pos);
    
    if (ar.IsStoring())
    {	
        // GetWindowText will grab all of the displayed text (no formatting)
        pView->GetWindowText(cstr);
        // Should probably have try ... catch logic
        file->Write(cstr, cstr.GetLength());
    }
    else
    {
        int nSize = file->GetLength();
        char *pBuff = new char[nSize+1];
        if (pBuff != NULL)
        {
           // The following should probably have TRY ... Catch logic
           file->Read(pBuff, nSize);
           pBuff[nSize] = 0;
           cstr = pBuff;
           // The following will update the display text on the screen
           //  again formatting is missing. 
           pView->SetWindowText(cstr);
           delete pBuff;
        }
    }
  }

	//

	/*
	CMainFrame* pMainWnd = (CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd();
	
	if (ar.IsStoring())
	{
		pMainWnd->m_edit.Serialize(ar);
		// TODO: add storing code here
	}
	else
	{
		// TODO: add loading code here
	}

	// Calling the base class CRichEditDoc enables serialization
	//  of the container document's COleClientItem objects.
	// TODO: set CRichEditDoc::m_bRTF = FALSE if you are serializing as text
	CRichEditDoc::Serialize(ar);*/
}

as i said..

pMainWnd->m_edit.Serialize(ar); the m_edit is a Cricheditctrl objct.

what i have above is not working.. and i'm not sure why it's not.

Actually.. m_edit is a CtermEdit object. which is derived from a Cricheditctrl..

but.. the CtermEdit does not have any additional variables or anything. it just has a member function.

it seems like it's writting blanks to it.. cuase it actually writes over any that is in the file.. bleh..