diff -u -r LDAPExplorerTool-0.5/src/LDAPBrowser_About.cpp LDAPExplorerTool-0.5-patched/src/LDAPBrowser_About.cpp
--- LDAPExplorerTool-0.5/src/LDAPBrowser_About.cpp	Fri Jul 11 18:41:18 2003
+++ LDAPExplorerTool-0.5-patched/src/LDAPBrowser_About.cpp	Mon Aug 11 17:41:21 2003
@@ -93,14 +93,18 @@
 	Version = ( wxStaticText * )FindWindowByName( "about_dialog_version", this );
 	Dev = ( wxStaticText * )FindWindowByName( "about_dialog_devs", this );
 	License = ( wxTextCtrl * )FindWindowByName( "about_dialog_licence", this );
-	Package->SetLabel( PACKAGE );
-	Version->SetLabel( VersionString );
-	Dev->SetLabel( DeveloppersString );
-	for( long i = 0; Copyright[i] != NULL; i++ )
-	{
-		License->AppendText( Copyright[i] );
-		License->AppendText( "\n" );
-	}
+	if(Package)
+	  Package->SetLabel( PACKAGE );
+	if(Version)
+	  Version->SetLabel( VersionString );
+	if(Dev)
+	  Dev->SetLabel( DeveloppersString );
+	if(License)
+	  for( long i = 0; Copyright[i] != NULL; i++ )
+	    {
+	      License->AppendText( Copyright[i] );
+	      License->AppendText( "\n" );
+	    }
 }
 
 LDAPBrowser_About::~LDAPBrowser_About()
diff -u -r LDAPExplorerTool-0.5/src/LDAPBrowser_MainFrame.cpp LDAPExplorerTool-0.5-patched/src/LDAPBrowser_MainFrame.cpp
--- LDAPExplorerTool-0.5/src/LDAPBrowser_MainFrame.cpp	Wed Jul 16 11:19:50 2003
+++ LDAPExplorerTool-0.5-patched/src/LDAPBrowser_MainFrame.cpp	Mon Aug 11 17:35:05 2003
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@
 
 LDAPBrowser_MainFrame::LDAPBrowser_MainFrame( wxWindow * p_Parent , long p_ID , const wxString & p_WindowName ) 
 {
-	wxXmlResource::Get()->LoadFrame( this, p_Parent, "main_frame" );
+	if(!(wxXmlResource::Get()->LoadFrame( this, p_Parent, "main_frame" ) ))
+	{
+	  printf("failed to find good MainFrame info in global resources "
+		 "object\n");
+	  Create(p_Parent, p_ID, p_WindowName);
+	}
 	m_ToolBar = NULL ;
 	m_Splitter = NULL ;
 	m_Percent = (float)0.3;