diff --git a/include/File.h b/include/File.h
index a99c83edb3fd0bdb2f687dba4e1c2106ffda19c8..a314d5f0e834e9bc07d881be915981b62a713c0d 100644
--- a/include/File.h
+++ b/include/File.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public:
     virtual void close( ) throw(PacketExceptionIO*);
 
     ///  \return true if file is closed, false if file is opened.
-    virtual bool isClosed();
+    virtual bool isClosed() const;
 
     ///  \return Returns last line read from file.
     char* getLastLineRead();
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool setLastBookmarkPos();
 
     ///  \return Returns true is the position into file is at end of file
-    virtual bool isEOF();
+    virtual bool isEOF() const;
 
     ///  \pre The file must be opened.
     long setFirstPos() throw(PacketExceptionIO*);
diff --git a/include/InputSerial.h b/include/InputSerial.h
index c721e4d9ef18de8d6b45682605deecce1d61db3e..e00b52588813fc9f3e393a2d77c889e4b60df688 100644
--- a/include/InputSerial.h
+++ b/include/InputSerial.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void close() throw(PacketExceptionIO*);
 
-    virtual ByteStreamPtr readByteStream(int n_byte) throw(PacketExceptionIO*);
+    virtual ByteStreamPtr readByteStream(dword n_byte) throw(PacketExceptionIO*);
 
     virtual char* readString() throw(PacketExceptionIO*);
 
diff --git a/include/MemoryBuffer.h b/include/MemoryBuffer.h
index cf82f3905e25f1e1bafe85172d6e962a323d1c33..2581fe7dc4b51e0064f3c8036a7914459576214d 100644
--- a/include/MemoryBuffer.h
+++ b/include/MemoryBuffer.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ private:
 
     dword indexread;
 
-    char* currentpwd;
-
     char* bufferName;
 
     bool eof;
diff --git a/include/Packet.h b/include/Packet.h
index 271b382fdab9e0418514d245ac1a757cffe7f4e5..dd08f0c21accb9e046da307f66f37d63ac07a854 100644
--- a/include/Packet.h
+++ b/include/Packet.h
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ private:
 	
 	bool decodedPacketTail;
 	
-	bool iscompressed;
-	
 	int compressionAlgorithmsSection;
 	
 	int compressionAlgorithmsIndex;
diff --git a/include/PacketDataField.h b/include/PacketDataField.h
index e5067066a24f93f98b33596722530f881d636cef..46a280c042c0a992443db0a6a30619c584a311e0 100644
--- a/include/PacketDataField.h
+++ b/include/PacketDataField.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public:
     dword sizeMax();
 
     /// Creates the outputstream ByteStream for the generation of the output stream
-    virtual bool setOutputStream(ByteStreamPtr os, word first);
+    virtual bool setOutputStream(ByteStreamPtr os, dword first);
 
     virtual ByteStreamPtr generateStream(bool bigendian);
 
diff --git a/include/PacketNotRecognized.h b/include/PacketNotRecognized.h
index 814fe707c7e4620f637184d01fe997525d67b4e1..75e14d2f01ec01b520c8120e1a6e2341ff5c5383 100644
--- a/include/PacketNotRecognized.h
+++ b/include/PacketNotRecognized.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool createPacketType(char* fileName, bool prefix, word dimprefix) throw (PacketException*);
 
-    virtual bool setPacketValue(ByteStreamPtr prefix, ByteStreamPtr packetHeader, ByteStreamPtr packetDataField);
+    virtual bool setPacketValue(ByteStreamPtr prefix, ByteStreamPtr packetHeader, ByteStreamPtr packetDataField, int decodeType);
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/include/SDFBlock.h b/include/SDFBlock.h
index e6cc18b5b107bf69fd76cfd59152084eafc0a899..667f592d82e80d079db73056a5119fe20f07d160 100644
--- a/include/SDFBlock.h
+++ b/include/SDFBlock.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual ByteStreamPtr generateStream(bool bigendian);
 
+	using PartOfPacket::setByteStream;
+
     virtual bool setByteStream(ByteStreamPtr s, int decodeType);
 
     virtual ByteStreamPtr getByteStream()
@@ -384,7 +386,7 @@ public:
     virtual word getTotalNumberOfFields();
 
     /// Prints the value of each field of this part of packet
-    virtual char** printValue(char* addString = "");
+    virtual char** printValue(const char* addString = "");
 
     virtual void printValueStdout();
 
diff --git a/include/SourceDataField.h b/include/SourceDataField.h
index a07deb6820130fd97573b8a8ec6a3fb94c311577..68c4f67f3f8781a2998d218d775d9b22d20e6841 100644
--- a/include/SourceDataField.h
+++ b/include/SourceDataField.h
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ public:
 	
 	virtual dword sizeFixedPart();
 
+	using PartOfPacket::setByteStream;
+
 	//onlySections = false
     virtual bool setByteStream(ByteStreamPtr s, int decodeType);
 
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ public:
 
     
     /// Prints the value of each field of this part of packet
-    virtual char** printValue(char* addString = "");
+    virtual char** printValue(const char* addString = "");
 
     virtual void printValueStdout();
 
diff --git a/src/ByteStream.cpp b/src/ByteStream.cpp
index be87b8bc8de7b365e29ef0a226a6dc2cce854a36..7b8568582c832b2612cd7275a6c205708753298c 100644
--- a/src/ByteStream.cpp
+++ b/src/ByteStream.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PacketLib::ByteStream::ByteStream(byte* stream, dword dim, bool bigendian, bool
 PacketLib::ByteStream::ByteStream(ByteStreamPtr b0, dword start, dword end, bool memory_sharing) {
 	mem_allocation_constructor = true;
 	
-	if(end == -1)
+	if(end == (dword)-1)
 		end = b0->size();
 	
 	byteInTheStream = end-start;
diff --git a/src/ConfigurationFile.cpp b/src/ConfigurationFile.cpp
index 76d2644868bf327c56d5d767070cbf8d329f5281..07e21ff44f19a4ef208925111f151133102a1481 100644
--- a/src/ConfigurationFile.cpp
+++ b/src/ConfigurationFile.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ bool ConfigurationFile::open(char** parameters) throw(PacketExceptionIO*)
 		XmlConfig config;
 		std::string streamfile = confdir + config.convert(parameters[0]);
 		int size = streamfile.size();
-		parameters[0] = new char[size];
+		parameters[0] = new char[size+1];
 		memcpy(parameters[0], streamfile.c_str(), size);
 		parameters[0][size] = 0;
 		chdir(currentpwd);
diff --git a/src/File.cpp b/src/File.cpp
index 21c35b1bfd03466b4b33d65c22b07049652e2c71..6457625e263bd037f300bd0f10cce7de145ae1be 100644
--- a/src/File.cpp
+++ b/src/File.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void File::close( )  throw(PacketExceptionIO*)
 }
 
 
-bool File::isClosed()
+bool File::isClosed() const
 {
     return closed;
 }
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ bool File::setLastBookmarkPos()
 
 
 
-bool File::isEOF()
+bool File::isEOF() const
 {
     if(!closed)
         return eof;
diff --git a/src/InputSerial.cpp b/src/InputSerial.cpp
index 5650d720271ff8aa35778ad7238eff5889828191..b2b3d269019560e4cf867500f8157684ad0ea11c 100644
--- a/src/InputSerial.cpp
+++ b/src/InputSerial.cpp
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ void InputSerial::close()  throw(PacketExceptionIO*)
 
 
 
-ByteStreamPtr InputSerial::readByteStream(int n_byte) throw(PacketExceptionIO*)
+ByteStreamPtr InputSerial::readByteStream(dword n_byte) throw(PacketExceptionIO*)
 {
     //cout << "waiting " << n_byte << endl;
     ByteStreamPtr bs;
     byte* buff = new byte[n_byte];
-    int current = 0;
+    dword current = 0;
     if(!closed)
     {
         while(current != n_byte)
diff --git a/src/Packet.cpp b/src/Packet.cpp
index 09bee46ed0c3cb4cf10af54f72b6325bb72ae7d9..564eb5eb9aaa17dd08fd99b8b4d0463f540b9ebd 100644
--- a/src/Packet.cpp
+++ b/src/Packet.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using namespace PacketLib;
 #define DECODETYPE 2
 
 Packet::Packet(bool bigendian)
+	: decodedPacketDataFieldHeader(false)
 {
     header = (PacketHeader*) new PacketHeader();
     dataField = (PacketDataField*) new PacketDataField();
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@ bool Packet::createPacketType(char* fileName, bool isprefix, word dimprefix) thr
 							dimPacketDataFieldHeader = dataField->getPacketDataFieldHeader()->size();
                             //cout << (dataField->dataFieldHeader->printStructure())->c_str();
                             line=file.getLastLineRead();
-                            char *typeOfPacket = 0;
                             if(strcmp(line, "[SourceDataField]") == 0)
                             {
                                 /// determination of the source data field type
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ bool Packet::setPacketValueSourceDataField(ByteStreamPtr packetDataField, int de
         dword  nrd = dataField->getNumberOfRealDataBlock();
         dataField->sourceDataField->setNumberOfBlocks(nrd);
     }
-	 /
+	 */
     /*if(dataField->sourceDataField->isRBlock()) {
       word nrd = dataField->sourceDataField->getNumberOfRealDataBlock();
       dataField->sourceDataField->setNumberOfBlocks(nrd);
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ ByteStreamPtr Packet::encodeAndSetData(ByteStreamPtr sourceDataVariable)
 		if(sourceDataVariable->size() != size() - dimPacketStartingFixedPart - dimPacketTail)
 			throw new PacketException("the size of the sourceDataVariable is wrong");
 		bool swapped = false;
-		if(!ARCH_BIGENDIAN && bigendian || ARCH_BIGENDIAN && !bigendian) {
+		if((!ARCH_BIGENDIAN && bigendian) || (ARCH_BIGENDIAN && !bigendian)) {
 			sourceDataVariable->swapWord();
 			swapped = true;
 		}
diff --git a/src/PacketDataField.cpp b/src/PacketDataField.cpp
index e70e84d919b3a41c424f8f74fe8af3dcd832ced3..6ad18c8810c54acbc898e25f8f8ffe50d637aa2d 100644
--- a/src/PacketDataField.cpp
+++ b/src/PacketDataField.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dword PacketDataField::sizeMax()
 
 
 
-bool PacketDataField::setOutputStream(ByteStreamPtr os, word first)
+bool PacketDataField::setOutputStream(ByteStreamPtr os, dword first)
 {
     outputstream = ByteStreamPtr(new ByteStream((os->stream + first), size(), os->isBigendian()));
     dataFieldHeader->setOutputStream(os, first);
diff --git a/src/PacketNotRecognized.cpp b/src/PacketNotRecognized.cpp
index d806b6414d4139acb4d9b30c5b0408361a9c9a95..b9ae8fdf7c07d04b685228fad1036c3dffae0156 100644
--- a/src/PacketNotRecognized.cpp
+++ b/src/PacketNotRecognized.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PacketNotRecognized::~PacketNotRecognized()
 
 
 
-bool PacketNotRecognized::setPacketValue(ByteStreamPtr prefix, ByteStreamPtr packetHeader, ByteStreamPtr packetDataField)
+bool PacketNotRecognized::setPacketValue(ByteStreamPtr prefix, ByteStreamPtr packetHeader, ByteStreamPtr packetDataField, int decodeType)
 {
     /// It reads and sets the packet header 
     if(!header->setByteStream(packetHeader))
diff --git a/src/SDFBlock.cpp b/src/SDFBlock.cpp
index 104e59775c06df893f6ef6ad287c8ae44d93541f..124ff378302d09e9180ac12f5309fc04a987cdce 100644
--- a/src/SDFBlock.cpp
+++ b/src/SDFBlock.cpp
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ bool SDFBlock::setByteStream(ByteStreamPtr s, int decodeType)
 }
 
 
-char** SDFBlock::printValue(char* addString)
+char** SDFBlock::printValue(const char* addString)
 {
     char** cc;
     char** ct;
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ char** SDFBlock::printValue(char* addString)
                 i += type->maxNumberOfBlock[rbi] - getNumberOfBlocks(rbi) - 1;
         }
     }
-    cc[index] = '\0';
+    cc[index] = 0;
     return cc;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/SourceDataField.cpp b/src/SourceDataField.cpp
index 3b0c426c29cd354fc5299ea01a04adaf6fe73987..c3e7d2de4debd425f52bbcd7183db57ec83cb339 100644
--- a/src/SourceDataField.cpp
+++ b/src/SourceDataField.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ word SourceDataField::getNumberOfFields()
     return block[0].getNumberOfFields();
 }
 
-char** SourceDataField::printValue(char* addString)
+char** SourceDataField::printValue(const char* addString)
 {
     return block[0].printValue(addString);
 }