diff --git a/Make/makedirdefs b/Make/makedirdefs
index c8c10b2ac..b788109dc 100644
--- a/Make/makedirdefs
+++ b/Make/makedirdefs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ PLUGIN_DIRS = \
 	osgParticle \
 	osgSim \
 	osgText \
+	osgViewer \
 	osgtgz \
 	pic \
 	pnm \
diff --git a/VisualStudio/OpenSceneGraph.dsw b/VisualStudio/OpenSceneGraph.dsw
index c603cd4f4..444b138b3 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/OpenSceneGraph.dsw
+++ b/VisualStudio/OpenSceneGraph.dsw
@@ -3609,6 +3609,30 @@ Package=<4>
 
 ###############################################################################
 
+Project: "osgPlugin osgViewer"=.\osgPlugins\osgViewer\dot_osgViewer.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
+
+Package=<5>
+{{{
+}}}
+
+Package=<4>
+{{{
+    Begin Project Dependency
+    Project_Dep_Name Core osg
+    End Project Dependency
+    Begin Project Dependency
+    Project_Dep_Name Core osgDB
+    End Project Dependency
+    Begin Project Dependency
+    Project_Dep_Name Core osgViewer
+    End Project Dependency
+    Begin Project Dependency
+    Project_Dep_Name Core osgUtil
+    End Project Dependency
+}}}
+
+###############################################################################
+
 Project: "osgPlugin osgtgz"=.\osgPlugins\osgtgz\osgtgz.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
 
 Package=<5>
diff --git a/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/osgViewer/dot_osgViewer.dsp b/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/osgViewer/dot_osgViewer.dsp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9a9c9fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/osgViewer/dot_osgViewer.dsp
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+# Microsoft Developer Studio Project File - Name="osgPlugin osgViewer" - Package Owner=<4>
+# Microsoft Developer Studio Generated Build File, Format Version 6.00
+# ** DO NOT EDIT **
+
+# TARGTYPE "Win32 (x86) Dynamic-Link Library" 0x0102
+# TARGTYPE "Win32 (x86) Static Library" 0x0104
+
+CFG=osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release
+!MESSAGE This is not a valid makefile. To build this project using NMAKE,
+!MESSAGE use the Export Makefile command and run
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE NMAKE /f "dot_osgViewer.mak".
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE You can specify a configuration when running NMAKE
+!MESSAGE by defining the macro CFG on the command line. For example:
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE NMAKE /f "dot_osgViewer.mak" CFG="osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release"
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE Possible choices for configuration are:
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release" (based on "Win32 (x86) Dynamic-Link Library")
+!MESSAGE "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Debug" (based on "Win32 (x86) Dynamic-Link Library")
+!MESSAGE "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release Static" (based on "Win32 (x86) Static Library")
+!MESSAGE "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Debug Static" (based on "Win32 (x86) Static Library")
+!MESSAGE 
+
+# Begin Project
+# PROP AllowPerConfigDependencies 0
+# PROP Scc_ProjName ""
+# PROP Scc_LocalPath ""
+CPP=cl.exe
+MTL=midl.exe
+RSC=rc.exe
+
+!IF  "$(CFG)" == "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release"
+
+# PROP BASE Use_MFC 0
+# PROP BASE Use_Debug_Libraries 0
+# PROP BASE Output_Dir "Release"
+# PROP BASE Intermediate_Dir "Release"
+# PROP BASE Target_Dir ""
+# PROP Use_MFC 0
+# PROP Use_Debug_Libraries 0
+# PROP Output_Dir "../../../bin/$(PlatformName)"
+# PROP Intermediate_Dir "$(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)"
+# PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
+# PROP Target_Dir ""
+F90=df.exe
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GR /GX /O2 /I "../../../include" /I "../../../../OpenThreads/include" /I "../../../../3rdParty/include" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD BASE RSC /l 0x809 /d "NDEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x809 /d "NDEBUG"
+BSC32=bscmake.exe
+# ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
+# ADD BSC32 /nologo
+LINK32=link.exe
+# ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
+# ADD LINK32 OpenThreadsWin32.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /nodefaultlib:"LIBC" /opt:ref /opt:icf /out:"$(OutDir)/osgdb_osgViewer.dll" /implib:"../../../lib/$(PlatformName)/osgdb_osgViewer.lib" /libpath:"../../../lib/$(PlatformName)" /libpath:"../../../../OpenThreads/lib/$(PlatformName)" /libpath:"../../../../3rdParty/lib/$(PlatformName)" /libpath:"../../../../3rdParty/lib"
+# SUBTRACT LINK32 /nodefaultlib
+
+!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Debug"
+
+# PROP BASE Use_MFC 0
+# PROP BASE Use_Debug_Libraries 1
+# PROP BASE Output_Dir "Debug"
+# PROP BASE Intermediate_Dir "Debug"
+# PROP BASE Target_Dir ""
+# PROP Use_MFC 0
+# PROP Use_Debug_Libraries 1
+# PROP Output_Dir "../../../bin/$(PlatformName)"
+# PROP Intermediate_Dir "$(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)"
+# PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
+# PROP Target_Dir ""
+F90=df.exe
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /YX /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /W3 /Gm /vmg /GR /GX /Zi /Od /I "../../../include" /I "../../../../OpenThreads/include" /I "../../../../3rdParty/include" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /YX /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD BASE RSC /l 0x809 /d "_DEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x809 /d "_DEBUG"
+BSC32=bscmake.exe
+# ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
+# ADD BSC32 /nologo
+LINK32=link.exe
+# ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
+# ADD LINK32 OpenThreadsWin32d.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /nodefaultlib:"LIBC" /out:"$(OutDir)/osgdb_osgViewerd.dll" /pdbtype:sept /implib:"../../../lib/$(PlatformName)/osgdb_osgViewerd.lib" /libpath:"../../../lib/$(PlatformName)" /libpath:"../../../../OpenThreads/lib/$(PlatformName)" /libpath:"../../../../3rdParty/lib/$(PlatformName)" /libpath:"../../../../3rdParty/lib"
+# SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none /nodefaultlib
+
+!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release Static"
+
+# PROP BASE Use_MFC 0
+# PROP BASE Use_Debug_Libraries 0
+# PROP BASE Output_Dir "../../../lib"
+# PROP BASE Intermediate_Dir "Release_Static"
+# PROP BASE Target_Dir ""
+# PROP Use_MFC 0
+# PROP Use_Debug_Libraries 0
+# PROP Output_Dir "../../../lib/$(PlatformName)"
+# PROP Intermediate_Dir "$(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)_Static"
+# PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
+# PROP Target_Dir ""
+F90=df.exe
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "OT_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GR /GX /O2 /I "../../../include" /I "../../../../OpenThreads/include" /I "../../../../3rdParty/include" /D "WIN32" /D "OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "OT_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD BASE RSC /l 0x809 /d "NDEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x809 /d "NDEBUG"
+BSC32=bscmake.exe
+# ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
+# ADD BSC32 /nologo
+LIB32=link.exe -lib
+# ADD BASE LIB32 /nologo
+# ADD LIB32 /nodefaultlib /nologo /out:"$(OutDir)/osgdb_osgViewer_s.lib"
+# SUBTRACT LIB32 /nodefaultlib
+
+!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Debug Static"
+
+# PROP BASE Use_MFC 0
+# PROP BASE Use_Debug_Libraries 1
+# PROP BASE Output_Dir "../../../lib"
+# PROP BASE Intermediate_Dir "Debug_Static"
+# PROP BASE Target_Dir ""
+# PROP Use_MFC 0
+# PROP Use_Debug_Libraries 1
+# PROP Output_Dir "../../../lib/$(PlatformName)"
+# PROP Intermediate_Dir "$(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)_Static"
+# PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
+# PROP Target_Dir ""
+F90=df.exe
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /Z7 /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "OT_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /YX /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /vmg /GR /GX /Z7 /Od /I "../../../include" /I "../../../../OpenThreads/include" /I "../../../../3rdParty/include" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "OT_LIBRARY_STATIC" /D "_MBCS" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" /YX /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD BASE RSC /l 0x809 /d "_DEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x809 /d "_DEBUG"
+BSC32=bscmake.exe
+# ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
+# ADD BSC32 /nologo
+LIB32=link.exe -lib
+# ADD BASE LIB32 /nologo
+# ADD LIB32 /nodefaultlib /nologo /out:"$(OutDir)/osgdb_osgViewerd_s.lib"
+# SUBTRACT LIB32 /nodefaultlib
+
+!ENDIF 
+
+# Begin Target
+
+# Name "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release"
+# Name "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Debug"
+# Name "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Release Static"
+# Name "osgPlugin osgViewer - Win32 Debug Static"
+# Begin Group "Source Files"
+
+# PROP Default_Filter "cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat"
+
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\osgViewer\View.cpp
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\osgViewer\ReaderWriterOsgViewer.cpp
+# End Source File
+# End Group
+# Begin Group "Header Files"
+
+# PROP Default_Filter "h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl"
+# End Group
+# Begin Group "Resource Files"
+
+# PROP Default_Filter "ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe"
+# End Group
+# End Target
+# End Project
+
diff --git a/examples/osgcamera/osgcamera.cpp b/examples/osgcamera/osgcamera.cpp
index 1ce4c0e6b..a3feb9e70 100644
--- a/examples/osgcamera/osgcamera.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgcamera/osgcamera.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #if 1
 
 #include <osgDB/ReadFile>
+#include <osgDB/WriteFile>
 #include <osgViewer/Viewer>
 #include <osgGA/TrackballManipulator>
 #include <osgGA/FlightManipulator>
@@ -264,6 +265,25 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
     if (apm.valid()) viewer.setCameraManipulator(apm.get());
     else viewer.setCameraManipulator( new osgGA::TrackballManipulator() );
 
+    std::string configfile;
+    while (arguments.read("--config", configfile))
+    {
+        osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Trying to read config file "<<configfile<<std::endl;
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Object> object = osgDB::readObjectFile(configfile);
+        osgViewer::View* view = dynamic_cast<osgViewer::View*>(object.get());
+        if (view)
+        {
+            osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Read config file succesfully"<<std::endl;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Failed to read config file : "<<configfile<<std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    while (arguments.read("--write-config", configfile)) { osgDB::writeObjectFile(viewer, configfile); }
+
 
 #if 0
 
diff --git a/include/osg/View b/include/osg/View
index 8d21aa212..769c728b9 100644
--- a/include/osg/View
+++ b/include/osg/View
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ namespace osg {
   * Note, if no slave cameras are attached to the view then the master camera does both the control and implementation of the rendering of the scene,
   * but if slave cameras are present then the master controls the view onto the scene, while the slaves implement the rendering of the scene.
 */
-class OSG_EXPORT View : public virtual osg::Referenced
+class OSG_EXPORT View : public osg::Object
 {
     public :
 
-
         View();
 
+        View(const osg::View& view, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+
+        META_Object(osg,View);
 
         /** Set the Stats object used for collect various frame related timing and scene graph stats.*/
         void setStats(osg::Stats* stats) { _stats = stats; }
diff --git a/include/osgViewer/View b/include/osgViewer/View
index 73b78a878..e01d79907 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/View
+++ b/include/osgViewer/View
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT View : public osg::View, public osgGA::GUIActionAdapter
 
         View();
 
+        View(const osgViewer::View& view, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+
+        META_Object(osgViewer,View);
+
         Scene* getScene() { return _scene.get(); }
         const Scene* getScene() const { return _scene.get(); }
 
diff --git a/src/osg/View.cpp b/src/osg/View.cpp
index 3a5aef356..16296e7c7 100644
--- a/src/osg/View.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/View.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ View::View()
     stateset->setGlobalDefaults();
 }
 
+View::View(const osg::View& view, const osg::CopyOp& copyop):
+    Object(view,copyop),
+    _camera(view._camera),
+    _slaves(view._slaves)
+{
+}
+
+
 View::~View()
 {
     osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<"Destructing osg::View"<<std::endl;
diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index 0439f7a17..ca1a31aa1 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ Registry::Registry()
 
     addFileExtensionAlias("shadow",  "osgShadow");
 
+    addFileExtensionAlias("view",  "osgViewer");
+
     addFileExtensionAlias("sgi",  "rgb");
     addFileExtensionAlias("rgba", "rgb");
     addFileExtensionAlias("int",  "rgb");
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgViewer/IO_View.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgViewer/View.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/osgPlugins/osgViewer/IO_View.cpp
rename to src/osgPlugins/osgViewer/View.cpp
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/View.cpp b/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
index c3e56e713..1ea5f8f56 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ View::View()
     setEventQueue(new osgGA::EventQueue);
 }
 
+
+View::View(const osgViewer::View& view, const osg::CopyOp& copyop):
+    osg::View(view,copyop),
+    osgGA::GUIActionAdapter()
+{
+}
+
 View::~View()
 {
     // osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Destructing osgViewer::View"<<std::endl;