diff --git a/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw b/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
index 5093b2532..e5123eccc 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
+++ b/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@ Package=<4>
     Begin Project Dependency
     Project_Dep_Name Core osgUtil
     End Project Dependency
+    Begin Project Dependency
+    Project_Dep_Name Core osgText
+    End Project Dependency
 }}}
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/txp/txp.dsp b/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/txp/txp.dsp
index 64e176685..4ae7a7611 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/txp/txp.dsp
+++ b/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/txp/txp.dsp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # 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" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "OSGTXP_LIBRARY" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GR /GX /O2 /I "../../../include" /I "." /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "OSGTXP_LIBRARY" /YX /FD /c
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x41a /d "NDEBUG"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # 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 /vd0 /GR /GX /Zi /Od /I "../../../include" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D __COMP_DLL=7931 /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "OSGTXP_LIBRARY" /YX /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /W3 /Gm /vmg /vd0 /GR /GX /Zi /Od /I "../../../include" /I "." /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D __COMP_DLL=7931 /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "OSGTXP_LIBRARY" /YX /FD /GZ /c
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x41a /d "_DEBUG"
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TrPageParser.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TrPageParser.cpp
index e6cf2a753..324a819f0 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txp/TrPageParser.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txp/TrPageParser.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ using namespace osg;
 using std::vector;
 using std::string;
 
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define strcasecmp stricmp
+#endif
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Check if the node is billboard
 namespace {