diff --git a/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw b/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
index 0db5e5e22..cabe82bee 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
+++ b/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ Package=<4>
     Begin Project Dependency
     Project_Dep_Name Core osgUtil
     End Project Dependency
+    Begin Project Dependency
+    Project_Dep_Name Core osgProducer
+    End Project Dependency
 }}}
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/VisualStudio/examples/osgconv/osgconv.dsp b/VisualStudio/examples/osgconv/osgconv.dsp
index 689e779b8..9c216a53c 100755
--- a/VisualStudio/examples/osgconv/osgconv.dsp
+++ b/VisualStudio/examples/osgconv/osgconv.dsp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # 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 /subsystem:console /machine:I386
-# ADD LINK32 /nologo /subsystem:console /pdb:none /machine:I386 /out:"../../../bin/osgconv.exe" /libpath:"../../../lib"
+# ADD LINK32 opengl32.lib Producer.lib OpenThreadsWin32.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /pdb:none /machine:I386 /out:"../../../bin/osgconv.exe" /libpath:"../../../lib"
 
 !ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "Example osgconv - Win32 Debug"
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # 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 /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
-# ADD LINK32 /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /nodefaultlib:"libcmt" /out:"../../../bin/osgconvd.exe" /pdbtype:sept /libpath:"../../../lib"
+# ADD LINK32opengl32.lib Producerd.lib OpenThreadsWin32d.lib  /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /nodefaultlib:"libcmt" /out:"../../../bin/osgconvd.exe" /pdbtype:sept /libpath:"../../../lib"
 # SUBTRACT LINK32 /incremental:no
 
 !ENDIF 
diff --git a/examples/osgconv/osgconv.cpp b/examples/osgconv/osgconv.cpp
index f7fb9bb6d..0efc534e2 100644
--- a/examples/osgconv/osgconv.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgconv/osgconv.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 #include <osgDB/ReadFile>
 #include <osgDB/WriteFile>
+#include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
 #include <osgDB/ReaderWriter>
 
 #include <osgUtil/Optimizer>
@@ -360,12 +361,17 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
             
         if (compressTextures)
         {
-            osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Need to implement compressed textures."<< std::endl;
-            
-            CompressTexturesVisitor ctv;
-            root->accept(ctv);
-            ctv.compress();
-            
+            std::string ext = osgDB::getFileExtension(fileNameOut);
+            if (ext=="ive")
+            {
+                CompressTexturesVisitor ctv;
+                root->accept(ctv);
+                ctv.compress();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                std::cout<<"Warning: compressing texture only supported when outputing to .ive"<<std::endl;
+            }
         }
 
         if (osgDB::writeNodeFile(*root,fileNameOut))