#include <string>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
using namespace std;  // string type lives in the std namespace on VC++
#endif

diff --git a/src/gdcmException.h b/src/gdcmException.h
index 2378e3b8ff254f872ab72c8b0d0c24398343166c..1d0192c3cbe8b4288b6db399c139974ea7f511b1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/gdcmException.h
+++ b/src/gdcmException.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #define GDCM_EXCEPTION_H
 
 #include <string>
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+using namespace std;  // string type lives in the std namespace on VC++
+#endif
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <exception>
 using namespace std;