Index: src/idbobj.hxx
--- src/idbobj.hxx.orig
+++ src/idbobj.hxx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Author:		Nassib Nassar, nrn@cnidr.org
 #include "result.hxx"
 #include "strlist.hxx"
 #include "record.hxx"
+using std::cout;
 
 class IDBOBJ {
 friend class INDEX;
@@ -75,10 +76,10 @@ friend class IRSET; (public)
 	virtual void GetDocTypeOptions(PSTRLIST StringListBuffer) const { };
 //	virtual void GetRecordData(const RESULT& ResultRecord, 
 //	                           PSTRING StringBuffer) const { };
-	virtual void ComposeDbFn(PSTRING StringBuffer, const PCHR Suffix) 
+	virtual void ComposeDbFn(PSTRING StringBuffer, const char* Suffix) 
 	  const { };
 	virtual void DocTypeAddRecord(const RECORD& NewRecord) { };
-	virtual PFILE ffopen(const STRING& FileName, const PCHR Type) 
+	virtual PFILE ffopen(const STRING& FileName, const char* Type) 
 	  { return 0; };
 	virtual INT ffclose(PFILE FilePointer) { return 0; };
 	virtual INT GpFwrite(GPTYPE* Ptr, SIZE_T Size, SIZE_T NumElements,