diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index e97f422ab2..6bee20ce1b 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2012-05-13 12:25 UTC-0800 Pritpal Bedi (bedipritpal@hotmail.com)
+  * contrib/hbqt/qtgui/hbqt_hbqsyntaxhighlighter.h
+  * contrib/hbqt/qtgui/qth/HBQSyntaxHighlighter.qth
+    + Added: method hbSetEditor( QPlainTextEdit edit ).
+      This fixes issues where some of the components of hbIDE were 
+      not working properly due to strict object inheritance checking.
+
 2012-05-13 00:30 UTC-0800 Pritpal Bedi (bedipritpal@hotmail.com)
   * contrib/hbqt/qtcore/hbqt_hbqevents.cpp
   * contrib/hbqt/qtcore/hbqt_hbqslots.cpp
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/hbqt_hbqsyntaxhighlighter.h b/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/hbqt_hbqsyntaxhighlighter.h
index 7730cc92ad..8fb887c7dd 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/hbqt_hbqsyntaxhighlighter.h
+++ b/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/hbqt_hbqsyntaxhighlighter.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public:
    void hbSetFormatColumnSelection( int start, int count, const QColor & color );
    void hbSetRuleWithRegExp( QString name, const QRegExp & reg, const QTextCharFormat & format );
    void hbSetEditor( HBQPlainTextEdit * edit ){ editor = edit; };
+   void hbSetEditor( QPlainTextEdit * edit ){ editor = ( HBQPlainTextEdit * ) edit; };
    void hbSetInitialized( bool bInit ){ initialized = bInit; };
    void hbSetType( int ty ){ type = ty; };
 
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/qth/HBQSyntaxHighlighter.qth b/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/qth/HBQSyntaxHighlighter.qth
index c0f15f0b06..29264659cc 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/qth/HBQSyntaxHighlighter.qth
+++ b/harbour/contrib/hbqt/qtgui/qth/HBQSyntaxHighlighter.qth
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ void hbSetFormat( QString name, const QTextCharFormat & format )
 void hbSetFormatColumnSelection( int start, int count, const QColor & color )
 void hbSetRuleWithRegExp( QString name, const QRegExp & reg, const QTextCharFormat & format )
 void hbSetEditor( HBQPlainTextEdit * edit )
+void hbSetEditor( QPlainTextEdit * edit )
 void hbSetInitialized( bool init )
 void hbSetType( int ty )