diff -u -r LDAPExplorerTool-0.5/src/LDAPBrowser_PreferencesDialog.cpp LDAPExplorerTool-0.5-patch/src/LDAPBrowser_PreferencesDialog.cpp
--- LDAPExplorerTool-0.5/src/LDAPBrowser_PreferencesDialog.cpp	Thu Jul 17 09:16:22 2003
+++ LDAPExplorerTool-0.5-patch/src/LDAPBrowser_PreferencesDialog.cpp	Tue Aug 12 14:30:35 2003
@@ -58,14 +58,26 @@
 	//wxConfigBase	*Conf = wxConfigBase::Get();
 	wxConfig	*Conf = new wxConfig( PACKAGE );
 
-	wxXmlResource::Get()->LoadDialog( this, parent, "preferences_dialog" );
+	if(!(wxXmlResource::Get()->LoadDialog( this, parent, "preferences_dialog" )))
+	{
+	  Create(parent, -1, "Preferences");
+	}
 
 	m_Language 			= ( wxChoice * )	FindWindowByName( "preferences_language", this );
+	if(!m_Language)
+	{
+	  printf("Trouble inititializing m_Language\n");
+	}
 	m_SearchSizeLimit 	= ( wxTextCtrl * )	FindWindowByName( "preferences_search_size", this );
+	if(!m_SearchSizeLimit)
+	{
+	  printf("Trouble inititializing m_SearchSizeLimit\n");
+	}
 	
 	// Fill the controls with values
-	for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < m_LanguageStrings.size(); i++ )
-	{
+	if(m_Language)
+	  for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < m_LanguageStrings.size(); i++ )
+	  {
 		m_Language->Append( m_LanguageStrings[i].c_str(), &m_LanguageCodes[i] );
 	}
 	
@@ -73,7 +85,8 @@
 	int curLangIndex, curLangCode;
 	curLangCode = Conf->Read( "Lang", wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT );
 	curLangIndex = GetLanguageIndexFromCode( curLangCode );
-	m_Language->SetSelection( curLangIndex );
+	if(m_Language)
+	  m_Language->SetSelection( curLangIndex );
 	
 	int			SizeLimit ;
 	char		StrSizeLimit[ 10 ] ;
@@ -82,8 +95,8 @@
 
 	sprintf( StrSizeLimit, "%d", SizeLimit );
 	
-
-	m_SearchSizeLimit->SetValue( StrSizeLimit ); 
+	if(m_SearchSizeLimit)
+	  m_SearchSizeLimit->SetValue( StrSizeLimit ); 
 
 	delete Conf ;
 }