diff --git a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.C b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.C
index e80a13bbb..dee8e3aa2 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.C
+++ b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.C
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ DBCursor::~DBCursor()
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------
 
-void DBCursor::string_field(FILE *fp, char **out, int *lenOut)
+void DBCursor::string_field(FILE *fp, char **out, size_t *lenOut)
 {
-  int len = 0;
+  size_t len = 0;
   int io;
 
   /* fscanf is weird, so we do it ourselves... */
@@ -568,13 +568,13 @@ int DBCursor::next(int typeCode, ...)
       case STRING_CODE:
 	{
 	  char **data = NULL;
-	  int *len = NULL;
+	  size_t *len = NULL;
 
 	  if (fieldCode == typeCode || (fieldCode + typeCode) == 0) {
 	    data = va_arg(ap, char**);
 
 	    if (fieldCode != typeCode) {
-	      len = va_arg(ap, int*);
+	      len = va_arg(ap, size_t*);
 	    }
 	  }
 	  
diff --git a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.h b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.h
index bc4661302..52d6a35da 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.h
+++ b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/DataBase.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class DBCursor{
   void seekToRec( int pos ); /* seek directly to pos */
 
  protected:
-  void string_field(FILE *, char **, int *);
+  void string_field(FILE *, char **, size_t *);
   void int_field(FILE *, int *);
   void short_list(FILE *, int *, int, void*);
 
diff --git a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/NCFGen.C b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/NCFGen.C
index c5101a35b..48371049f 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/NCFGen.C
+++ b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/infolib/NCFGen.C
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ writeStyleSheets(BookCaseDB& db)
 
   const char *name;
   const char *online;
-  int len_o;
+  size_t len_o;
   const char *print;
-  int len_p;
+  size_t len_p;
 
   int statusO = 0;
   int statusP = 0;
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ writeStyleSheets(BookCaseDB& db)
     }
     
     out->insert(STRING_CODE, name,
-		-STRING_CODE, online, (size_t)len_o,
-		-STRING_CODE, print, (size_t)len_p,
+		-STRING_CODE, online, len_o,
+		-STRING_CODE, print, len_p,
 		NULL);
   }