diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcm2vtk.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcm2vtk.cxx
index 344aec0df..c1cd4b43d 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcm2vtk.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcm2vtk.cxx
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
     imgreader->SetFileLowerLeft( lowerleft );
     if( names->GetNumberOfValues() == 1 )
-      imgreader->SetFileName( names->GetValue(0) );
+      imgreader->SetFileName( names->GetValue(0).c_str() );
     else
       imgreader->SetFileNames(names);
     imgreader->Update();
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcmviewer.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcmviewer.cxx
index 3ed4778f8..58236a6a5 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcmviewer.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/Applications/gdcmviewer.cxx
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void ExecuteViewer(TViewer *viewer, vtkStringArray *filenames)
   vtkGDCMImageReader *reader = vtkGDCMImageReader::New();
   if( filenames->GetSize() == 1 ) // Backward compatible...
     {
-    reader->SetFileName( filenames->GetValue(0) );
+    reader->SetFileName( filenames->GetValue(0).c_str() );
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMImageWriter2.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMImageWriter2.cxx
index fa1d7d895..00d9f3845 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMImageWriter2.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMImageWriter2.cxx
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int TestvtkGDCMImageWrite2(const char *filename, bool verbose = false)
     // Need to check we can still read those files back:
     for(int file=0; file<filenames->GetNumberOfValues(); ++file)
       {
-      const char *fname = filenames->GetValue(file);
+      const char *fname = filenames->GetValue(file).c_str();
       gdcm::ImageReader r;
       //r.SetFileName( gdcmfile.c_str() );
       r.SetFileName( fname );
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx
index 8b253ec83..1c83ed417 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageRead(const char *filename, bool verbose = false)
     assert( sarray->GetNumberOfValues() == (int)nfiles );
     reader->SetFileNames( sarray );
     sarray->Delete();
-    refimage = sarray->GetValue( 0 ); // Ok since sarray is ref count
+    refimage = sarray->GetValue( 0 ).c_str(); // Ok since sarray is ref count
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx
index 5151893e8..22dd4fd57 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/Testing/Cxx/TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int TestvtkGDCMThreadedImageRead2(const char *filename, bool verbose = false)
     assert( sarray->GetNumberOfValues() == (int)nfiles );
     reader->SetFileNames( sarray );
     sarray->Delete();
-    refimage = sarray->GetValue( 0 ); // Ok since sarray is ref count
+    refimage = sarray->GetValue( 0 ).c_str(); // Ok since sarray is ref count
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader.cxx
index c62034300..463c3879b 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader.cxx
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ ComputePixelTypeFromFiles(const char *inputfilename, vtkStringArray *filenames,
     // FIXME a gdcm::Scanner would be much faster here:
     for(int i = 0; i < filenames->GetNumberOfValues(); ++i )
       {
-      const char *filename = filenames->GetValue( i );
+      const char *filename = filenames->GetValue( i ).c_str();
       gdcm::ImageReader reader;
       reader.SetFileName( filename );
       if( !reader.Read() )
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ int vtkGDCMImageReader::RequestInformationCompat()
     }
   else if ( this->FileNames && this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues() > 0 )
     {
-    filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( 0 );
+    filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( 0 ).c_str();
     }
   else
     {
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ int vtkGDCMImageReader::RequestDataCompat()
     for(int j = dext[4]; !this->AbortExecute && j <= dext[5]; ++j)
       {
       assert( j >= 0 && j <= this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues() );
-      const char *filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( j );
+      const char *filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( j ).c_str();
       int load = this->LoadSingleFile( filename, pointer, len );
       if( !load )
         {
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader2.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader2.cxx
index 266c1270a..4976f0190 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader2.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageReader2.cxx
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ ComputePixelTypeFromFiles(const char *inputfilename, vtkStringArray *filenames,
     // FIXME a gdcm::Scanner would be much faster here:
     for(int i = 0; i < filenames->GetNumberOfValues(); ++i )
       {
-      const char *filename = filenames->GetValue( i );
+      const char *filename = filenames->GetValue( i ).c_str();
       gdcm::ImageReader reader;
       reader.SetFileName( filename );
       if( !reader.Read() )
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ int vtkGDCMImageReader2::RequestInformationCompat()
     }
   else if ( this->FileNames && this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues() > 0 )
     {
-    filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( 0 );
+    filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( 0 ).c_str();
     }
   else
     {
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ int vtkGDCMImageReader2::RequestDataCompat()
     for(int j = outExt[4]; !this->AbortExecute && j <= outExt[5]; ++j)
       {
       assert( j >= 0 && j <= this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues() );
-      const char *filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( j );
+      const char *filename = this->FileNames->GetValue( j ).c_str();
       int load = this->LoadSingleFile( filename, pointer, len );
       vtkDebugMacro( "LoadSingleFile: " << filename );
       if( !load )
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageWriter.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageWriter.cxx
index 37e1245a5..e723d15b7 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageWriter.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMImageWriter.cxx
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int vtkGDCMImageWriter::RequestData(
 {
   if( this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues() )
     {
-    const char *filename = this->FileNames->GetValue(0);
+    const char *filename = this->FileNames->GetValue(0).c_str();
     return const_cast<char*>(filename);
     }
   return this->Superclass::GetFileName();
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ int vtkGDCMImageWriter::WriteGDCMData(vtkImageData *data, int timeStep)
   if( this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues() )
     {
     //int n = this->FileNames->GetNumberOfValues();
-    filename = this->FileNames->GetValue(k);
+    filename = this->FileNames->GetValue(k).c_str();
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx
index d50a3fee2..c531b8854 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader.cxx
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ void vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader::RequestDataCompat()
     const char **filenames = new const char* [ nfiles ];
     for(unsigned int i = 0; i < nfiles; ++i)
       {
-      filenames[i] = this->FileNames->GetValue( i );
+      filenames[i] = this->FileNames->GetValue( i ).c_str();
       //std::cerr << filenames[i] << std::endl;
       }
     ReadFiles((unsigned int)nfiles, filenames);
diff --git a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx
index 2e6a2e932..72ce6453c 100644
--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2.cxx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2::~vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const char *vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2::GetFileName(int i)
 {
-  return this->FileNames->GetValue( i );
+  return this->FileNames->GetValue( i ).c_str();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2Execute(vtkGDCMThreadedImageReader2 *self,
   for( int i = outExt[4]; i <= outExt[5] && i < maxfiles; ++i )
     {
     assert( i < maxfiles );
-    const char *filename = self->GetFileNames()->GetValue( i );
+    const char *filename = self->GetFileNames()->GetValue( i ).c_str();
     //ReadOneFile( filename );
     //outData->GetPointData()->GetScalars()->SetName("GDCMImage");