diff --git a/src/mypropertysheet.cpp b/src/mypropertysheet.cpp
index 2f09b42..216b205 100644
--- a/src/mypropertysheet.cpp
+++ b/src/mypropertysheet.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ MyPropertySheet::MyPropertySheet (
 	for ( ; t != translations.end(); ++t )
 	{
 		index = languageBox->Append ( wxGetTranslation ( ( **t ).Description ),
-		                              ( void* )( **t ).Language );
+		                              ( void* ) ( wxIntPtr ) ( **t ).Language );
 		if (lang == ( **t ).Language)
 			languageBox->SetSelection ( index );
 	}
diff --git a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
index bd4cebc..3a84362 100644
--- a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ MyApp::MyApp()
 	, config ( new wxFileConfig ( _T ( "xmlcopyeditor" ) ) )
 #endif
 {
+#if wxCHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
 	wxDisableAsserts();
+#endif
 
 #if defined ( __WXGTK__ ) && !defined ( __WXDEBUG__ )
 	int fdnull = open ( "/dev/null", O_WRONLY, 0 );
@@ -3914,7 +3916,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnValidateSchema ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 		getRawText ( doc, rawBuffer );
 		XmlSchemaLocator xsl ( "UTF-8" );
 		xsl.parse ( rawBuffer.c_str() );
-		if ( ( xsl.getSchemaLocation() ) . empty() )
+		if ( ( xsl.getSchemaLocation() ).empty() )
 		{
 			OnValidateDTD ( event );
 			return;