diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f48d31d2b..7c517fecd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FWB_MICRO_VERSION=0
 # build number is like "nano" version number. I am incrementing build
 # number during development cycle
 #
-BUILD_NUM="3447"
+BUILD_NUM="3448"
 
 VERSION="$FWB_MAJOR_VERSION.$FWB_MINOR_VERSION.$FWB_MICRO_VERSION.$BUILD_NUM"
 
diff --git a/VERSION.h b/VERSION.h
index 240e719e5..f2007fb40 100644
--- a/VERSION.h
+++ b/VERSION.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define VERSION      "4.2.0.3447"
+#define VERSION      "4.2.0.3448"
 #define GENERATION   "4.2"
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 00b019423..113b9ee53 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-01-26  Vadim Kurland  <vadim@netcitadel.com>
+
+	* init.cpp (init): fixed #1989 "variables respath and librespath
+	are redundant and copy Constants::getTemplateDirectory()". Got rid
+	of global variables sysfname, tempfname, librespath, respath and
+	localepath; will now use class Constants to keep this information.
+
 2011-01-25  vadim  <vadim@netcitadel.com>
 
 	* src/fwbuilder/libfwbuilder-config.h.in: fixes #1937 "RES_DIR
diff --git a/packaging/fwbuilder-static-qt.spec b/packaging/fwbuilder-static-qt.spec
index 78c0fd491..329f9ca1a 100644
--- a/packaging/fwbuilder-static-qt.spec
+++ b/packaging/fwbuilder-static-qt.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 %define name    fwbuilder
-%define version 4.2.0.3447
+%define version 4.2.0.3448
 %define release 1
 
 %if "%_vendor" == "MandrakeSoft"
diff --git a/packaging/fwbuilder.control b/packaging/fwbuilder.control
index 14ae97960..177c6af3c 100644
--- a/packaging/fwbuilder.control
+++ b/packaging/fwbuilder.control
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ Replaces: fwbuilder (<=4.1.1-1), fwbuilder-common, fwbuilder-bsd, fwbuilder-linu
 Priority: extra
 Section: checkinstall
 Maintainer: vadim@fwbuilder.org
-Version: 4.2.0.3447-1
+Version: 4.2.0.3448-1
 Depends: libqt4-gui (>= 4.3.0), libxml2, libxslt1.1, libsnmp | libsnmp15
 Description: Firewall Builder GUI and policy compilers
diff --git a/packaging/fwbuilder.spec b/packaging/fwbuilder.spec
index 622b748c8..b3fd44309 100644
--- a/packaging/fwbuilder.spec
+++ b/packaging/fwbuilder.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 %define name    fwbuilder
-%define version 4.2.0.3447
+%define version 4.2.0.3448
 %define release 1
 
 %if "%_vendor" == "MandrakeSoft"
diff --git a/src/common/init.cpp b/src/common/init.cpp
index a0a126ab9..0a3ab9eb0 100644
--- a/src/common/init.cpp
+++ b/src/common/init.cpp
@@ -13,17 +13,13 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/Tools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 #include "commoninit.h"
 
 
 // TODO: switch to QString 
 std::string appRootDir;
 std::string userDataDir;
-std::string respath; 
-std::string localepath;
-std::string librespath;
-std::string sysfname;
-std::string tempfname;
 std::string argv0;
 std::string ee;
 
@@ -54,20 +50,11 @@ void init(char * const*)
 
 /* On Unix RES_DIR and LIBFWBUILDER_TEMPLATE_DIR are absolute paths */
 
-    if (respath=="") respath = Constants::getTemplateDirectory();
-    librespath = Constants::getTemplateDirectory();
-
     libfwbuilder::init();
 
 /* need argv0 for built-in installer on unix and mac */
     argv0 = appRootDir + FS_SEPARATOR + "fwbuilder";
 
-    sysfname = respath + FS_SEPARATOR  + "objects_init.xml";
-    tempfname = respath+ FS_SEPARATOR + "templates.xml";
-
-/* define localepath the same way as we define PKGLOCALEDIR in qmake.inc */
-    localepath = respath + "/locale";
-
 /* default directory where the user may want to save files */
     userDataDir = string(getenv("HOME"));
 
diff --git a/src/compiler_lib/Configlet.cpp b/src/compiler_lib/Configlet.cpp
index 0fafa6bbc..65e6db5fd 100644
--- a/src/compiler_lib/Configlet.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler_lib/Configlet.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "fwbuilder/FWObject.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QTextStream>
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-extern std::string     respath;
 
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace std;
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ bool Configlet::reload(const std::string &_prefix, const QString &file_name)
 QString Configlet::getFullPath(const QString &path)
 {
     if (QDir::isRelativePath(path))
-        return QString(respath.c_str()) + "/configlets/" + path;
+        return QString(Constants::getResourcesDirectory().c_str()) +
+            "/configlets/" + path;
     else
         return path;
 }
diff --git a/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.cpp b/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.cpp
index 7c9351cf1..c23004953 100644
--- a/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.cpp
+++ b/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ extern int errno;
 #include "fwbuilder/TagService.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/UserService.h"
 
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 #include "../common/init.cpp"
 
 #include "fwbedit.h"
@@ -562,9 +564,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * const *argv)
 
     try 
     {
-        new Resources(respath+FS_SEPARATOR+"resources.xml");
-
-        //new Resources(respath);   // creates singleton Resources::global_res
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
         /* create database */
         objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * const *argv)
         /* load the data file */
         UpgradePredicate upgrade_predicate(autoupgrade_flag); 
 
-        objdb->load(filename,  &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load(filename,  &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     
         if (cmd == MERGE)
         {
diff --git a/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.h b/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.h
index 9595c9855..b03c833e4 100644
--- a/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.h
+++ b/src/fwbedit/fwbedit.h
@@ -83,5 +83,4 @@ extern void findObjects(const std::string &obj_path,
 extern bool getBool(std::string s);
 extern void usage();
 
-extern std::string librespath;
 
diff --git a/src/fwbedit/merge.cpp b/src/fwbedit/merge.cpp
index 180bf70a2..57bc52118 100644
--- a/src/fwbedit/merge.cpp
+++ b/src/fwbedit/merge.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/ObjectGroup.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/ServiceGroup.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IntervalGroup.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include "fwbedit.h"
 #include "upgradePredicate.h"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ void mergeTree(FWObjectDatabase *objdb, const string &mergefile, int conflict_re
     try
     {
         FWObjectDatabase *ndb = new FWObjectDatabase();
-        ndb->load(mergefile,  &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+        ndb->load(mergefile,  &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
 
         FWObject *dobj = ndb->findInIndex(FWObjectDatabase::DELETED_OBJECTS_ID);
         if (dobj) ndb->remove(dobj, false);
diff --git a/src/gui/main.cpp b/src/gui/main.cpp
index 57ba16caf..798bd6ddf 100644
--- a/src/gui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/main.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 
 #if defined(Q_WS_MAC)
 extern void connectOdocHandler();
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 
     INIT2;
 
-    string full_res_path = respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml";
+    string full_res_path = Constants::getResourcesFilePath();
 
     if (fwbdebug)
     {
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
     QString local = QLocale::system().name();//"en_US";//
     QTranslator translator(0);
     translator.load(QLatin1String("fwbuilder_") +
-                    QString(local), localepath.c_str());
+                    QString(local), Constants::getLocaleDirectory().c_str());
     app->installTranslator (&translator);
 
     QString qt_resource_dir =
diff --git a/src/iosacl/iosacl.cpp b/src/iosacl/iosacl.cpp
index aeec395d6..0a7b15073 100644
--- a/src/iosacl/iosacl.cpp
+++ b/src/iosacl/iosacl.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Tools.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -109,12 +110,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         QString arg = args.at(idx);
         last_arg = arg;
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -138,7 +133,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     try
     {
-        new Resources(respath+FS_SEPARATOR+"resources.xml");
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
  
         /* create database */
         objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -149,7 +144,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         cout << " *** Loading data ...";
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
         objdb->reIndex();
 
diff --git a/src/ipf/ipf.cpp b/src/ipf/ipf.cpp
index 9752f192f..9b1355a9c 100644
--- a/src/ipf/ipf.cpp
+++ b/src/ipf/ipf.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/Cluster.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Firewall.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Interface.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -118,12 +119,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         QString arg = args.at(idx);
         last_arg = arg;
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -146,7 +141,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     init(argv);
 
     try   {
-        new Resources(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 	/* create database */
 	objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -157,10 +152,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	cout << " *** Loading data ...";
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( sysfname, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
+                     &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName("");
         FWObjectDatabase *ndb = new FWObjectDatabase();
-        ndb->load(filename, &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+        ndb->load(filename, &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->merge(ndb, NULL);
         delete ndb;
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
diff --git a/src/ipfw/ipfw.cpp b/src/ipfw/ipfw.cpp
index d94841b0b..fce9a8b6e 100644
--- a/src/ipfw/ipfw.cpp
+++ b/src/ipfw/ipfw.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Cluster.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Firewall.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -114,12 +115,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         QString arg = args.at(idx);
         last_arg = arg;
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -142,7 +137,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     init(argv);
 
     try   {
-        new Resources(respath+FS_SEPARATOR+"resources.xml");
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 	/* create database */
 	objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -153,10 +148,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	cout << " *** Loading data ...";
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( sysfname, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
+                     &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName("");
         FWObjectDatabase *ndb = new FWObjectDatabase();
-        ndb->load(filename, &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+        ndb->load(filename, &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->merge(ndb, NULL);
         delete ndb;
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
diff --git a/src/ipt/ipt.cpp b/src/ipt/ipt.cpp
index d4be226d7..ab403c686 100644
--- a/src/ipt/ipt.cpp
+++ b/src/ipt/ipt.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -94,12 +95,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         QString arg = args.at(idx);
         last_arg = arg;
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -127,7 +122,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     try
     {
-        Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+        Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 	/* create database */
 	objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -139,7 +134,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         cerr << flush;
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
         objdb->reIndex();
 
diff --git a/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.cpp b/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.cpp
index a405276f2..742118259 100644
--- a/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.cpp
+++ b/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
   Author:  Vadim Zaliva     lord@crocodile.org
 
-  $Id$
-
-
   This program is free software which we release under the GNU General Public
   License. You may redistribute and/or modify this program under the terms
   of that license as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
@@ -31,6 +28,14 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
 
+string Constants::res_dir;
+
+void Constants::init(const std::string &app_root_dir)
+{
+    if (app_root_dir.empty()) res_dir = string(RES_DIR);
+    else res_dir = app_root_dir + FS_SEPARATOR + string(RES_DIR);
+}
+
 const string Constants::getLibraryDescription()
 {
     return "Firewall Builder API ";
@@ -50,3 +55,36 @@ const string Constants::getTemplateDirectory()
 { 
     return string(RES_DIR); 
 }
+
+string Constants::getDTDDirectory()
+{
+    if (res_dir.empty()) init("");
+    return res_dir;
+}
+
+string Constants::getResourcesDirectory()
+{
+    if (res_dir.empty()) init("");
+    return res_dir;
+}
+
+string Constants::getResourcesFilePath()
+{
+    return getResourcesDirectory() + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml";
+}
+
+string Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath()
+{
+    return getResourcesDirectory() + FS_SEPARATOR  + "objects_init.xml";
+}
+
+string Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath()
+{
+    return getResourcesDirectory() + FS_SEPARATOR  + "templates.xml";
+}
+
+string Constants::getLocaleDirectory()
+{
+    return getResourcesDirectory() + "/locale";
+}
+
diff --git a/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.h b/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.h
index 09c4f274c..c0ba4fbe3 100644
--- a/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.h
+++ b/src/libfwbuilder/src/fwbuilder/Constants.h
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
   Author:  Vadim Zaliva     lord@crocodile.org
 
-  $Id$
-
-
   This program is free software which we release under the GNU General Public
   License. You may redistribute and/or modify this program under the terms
   of that license as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
@@ -40,7 +37,11 @@ namespace libfwbuilder
  */
 class Constants
 {
-    public:
+    static std::string res_dir;
+
+public:
+
+    static void init(const std::string &app_root_dir);
 
     /**
      * Returns library's description
@@ -61,6 +62,38 @@ class Constants
      * Returns directory in which library stores it's data files.
      */
     static const std::string getTemplateDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns directory where we install XML DTD file
+     */
+    static std::string getDTDDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns directory where we install resources
+     */
+    static std::string getResourcesDirectory();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns full path to the resources file
+     */
+    static std::string getResourcesFilePath();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns full path to the standard objects library file
+     */
+    static std::string getStandardObjectsFilePath();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns full path to the prepackaged firewall template objects file
+     */
+    static std::string getTemplatesObjectsFilePath();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns full path to the directory where we install locale files
+     */
+    static std::string getLocaleDirectory();
+
+    
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libgui/FWWindowPrint.cpp b/src/libgui/FWWindowPrint.cpp
index 772fae330..ce4aa653b 100644
--- a/src/libgui/FWWindowPrint.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/FWWindowPrint.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Firewall.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/RuleSet.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <qglobal.h>
 
@@ -279,7 +280,8 @@ void FWWindow::printFirewallFromFile(QString fileName,
     QPrinter *printer = new QPrinter(QPrinter::HighResolution);
     try
     {
-        objdb->load(fileName.toLatin1().constData(), &up, librespath);
+        objdb->load(fileName.toLatin1().constData(), &up,
+                    Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     }
     catch (...)
     {
diff --git a/src/libgui/Help.cpp b/src/libgui/Help.cpp
index 0b203b301..7a6e31ca7 100644
--- a/src/libgui/Help.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/Help.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "global.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 #include "Help.h"
 #include "FWWindow.h"
 
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
 
 
 using namespace std;
+using namespace libfwbuilder;
+
 
 Help* Help::help_window = NULL;
 
@@ -56,8 +60,10 @@ Help::Help(QWidget *, const QString &title, bool _load_links_in_browser) :
     QString locale = QLocale::system().name(); //"en_US";
 
     // Set up path to help qtextBrowser find contents, such as files for <img>
-    paths.append(QString(respath.c_str()) + "/help/" + locale);
-    paths.append(QString(respath.c_str()) + "/help/" + "en_US");
+    paths.append(QString(Constants::getResourcesDirectory().c_str()) +
+                 "/help/" + locale);
+    paths.append(QString(Constants::getResourcesDirectory().c_str()) +
+                 "/help/" + "en_US");
     m_dialog->textview->setSearchPaths(paths);
     m_dialog->textview->setOpenLinks(true);
     m_dialog->textview->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
diff --git a/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp b/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp
index 003d32963..2af46a16f 100644
--- a/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <fwbuilder/Rule.h>
 #include <fwbuilder/Interface.h>
 #include <fwbuilder/Library.h>
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include "ProjectPanel.h"
 
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ void ProjectPanel::fileCompare()
     {
         db1 = new FWObjectDatabase();
         db1->load(fname1.toLocal8Bit().constData(),
-                  &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+                  &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
 
         dobj = db1->findInIndex(FWObjectDatabase::DELETED_OBJECTS_ID);
         if (dobj) db1->remove(dobj, false);
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ void ProjectPanel::fileCompare()
     {
         db2 = new FWObjectDatabase();
         db2->load(fname2.toLocal8Bit().constData(),
-                  &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+                  &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
 
         dobj = db2->findInIndex(FWObjectDatabase::DELETED_OBJECTS_ID);
         if (dobj) db2->remove(dobj, false);
@@ -847,7 +848,7 @@ FWObject* ProjectPanel::loadLibrary(const string &libfpath)
     try
     {
         FWObjectDatabase *ndb = new FWObjectDatabase();
-        ndb->load(libfpath,  &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+        ndb->load(libfpath,  &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
 
         FWObject *dobj = ndb->findInIndex(FWObjectDatabase::DELETED_OBJECTS_ID);
         if (dobj) ndb->remove(dobj, false);
@@ -940,9 +941,11 @@ void ProjectPanel::loadStandardObjects()
 
 // always load system objects
         if (fwbdebug)
-            qDebug("ProjectPanel::load(): sysfname = %s", sysfname.c_str());
+            qDebug("ProjectPanel::load(): sysfname = %s",
+                   Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath().c_str());
 
-        objdb->load( sysfname, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
+                     &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName("");
 
         if (fwbdebug) qDebug("ProjectPanel::load(): create User library");
@@ -1012,7 +1015,8 @@ bool ProjectPanel::loadFromRCS(RCS *_rcs)
 // always loading system objects
         mw->showStatusBarMessage(tr("Loading system objects...") );
 
-        objdb->load( sysfname, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
+                     &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName("");
 
 // objects from a data file are in database ndb
@@ -1021,7 +1025,7 @@ bool ProjectPanel::loadFromRCS(RCS *_rcs)
 
         FWObjectDatabase *ndb = new FWObjectDatabase();
         ndb->load(rcs->getFileName().toLocal8Bit().constData(),
-                  &upgrade_predicate,librespath);
+                  &upgrade_predicate,Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         time_t   oldtimestamp = ndb->getTimeLastModified();
 
 /* loadingLib is true if user wants to open a library or master library file */
diff --git a/src/libgui/StartTipDialog.cpp b/src/libgui/StartTipDialog.cpp
index 103208a05..57030a93c 100644
--- a/src/libgui/StartTipDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/StartTipDialog.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "Help.h"
 #include "UserWorkflow.h"
 
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QtDebug>
@@ -63,8 +65,10 @@ StartTipDialog::StartTipDialog(QWidget *parent): QDialog(parent)
 
     QString locale = QLocale::system().name(); //"en_US";
     QStringList paths;
-    paths.append(QString(respath.c_str()) + "/help/" + locale);
-    paths.append(QString(respath.c_str()) + "/help/" + "en_US");
+    paths.append(QString(Constants::getResourcesDirectory().c_str()) +
+                 "/help/" + locale);
+    paths.append(QString(Constants::getResourcesDirectory().c_str()) +
+                 "/help/" + "en_US");
 
     m_dialog->textview->setSearchPaths(paths);
     m_dialog->textview->setOpenLinks(true);
diff --git a/src/libgui/debugDialog.cpp b/src/libgui/debugDialog.cpp
index 773329856..27724b250 100644
--- a/src/libgui/debugDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/debugDialog.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 using namespace std;
+using namespace libfwbuilder;
 
 
 debugDialog::debugDialog(QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent)
@@ -62,16 +63,18 @@ debugDialog::debugDialog(QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent)
     m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("Path to executable: %1")
         .arg(argv0.c_str()) );
     m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("Path to resources: %1")
-        .arg(respath.c_str()) );
+        .arg(Constants::getResourcesDirectory().c_str()) );
     m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("Path to locale: %1")
-        .arg(localepath.c_str()) );
-    m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("Path to lib resources: %1")
-        .arg(librespath.c_str()) );
+        .arg(Constants::getLocaleDirectory().c_str()) );
+    m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("Path to libfwbuilder data directory: %1")
+        .arg(Constants::getDTDDirectory().c_str()) );
     m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("appRootDir: %1")
         .arg(appRootDir.c_str()) );
     m_dialog->debugText->append( "\n" );
-    m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("sysfname: %1").arg(sysfname.c_str()));
-    m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("tempfname: %1").arg(tempfname.c_str()));
+    m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("standard objects library: %1")
+                                 .arg(Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath().c_str()));
+    m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("standard templates library: %1")
+                                 .arg(Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str()));
     m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("user name: %1").arg(user_name) );
     m_dialog->debugText->append( "\n" );
     m_dialog->debugText->append( QString("Path to rcs: %1").arg(RCS_FILE_NAME));
diff --git a/src/libgui/global.h b/src/libgui/global.h
index 3a9daeb90..19c8bb159 100644
--- a/src/libgui/global.h
+++ b/src/libgui/global.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ extern UserWorkflow *wfl;
 
 extern std::string     appRootDir;
 extern std::string     userDataDir;
-extern std::string     respath;
-extern std::string     localepath;
-extern std::string     librespath;
-extern std::string     sysfname;
-extern std::string     tempfname;
 extern std::string     argv0;
 extern std::string     ee;
 extern int             fwbdebug;
diff --git a/src/libgui/newFirewallDialog.cpp b/src/libgui/newFirewallDialog.cpp
index f21663a05..a2555f386 100644
--- a/src/libgui/newFirewallDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/newFirewallDialog.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/BackgroundOp.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPv4.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPv6.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <qlineedit.h>
 #include <qtextedit.h>
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ newFirewallDialog::newFirewallDialog(QWidget *parentw, FWObject *_p) :
              this, SLOT(updateTemplatePanel()));
 
     m_dialog->useStandard->setChecked(true);
-    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(tempfname.c_str());
+    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(
+        Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str());
     updateTemplatePanel();
 
     /* fill in platform. Since iptables is the most popular, start with
@@ -207,7 +209,8 @@ void newFirewallDialog::browseTemplate()
 
 void newFirewallDialog::useStandardTemplate()
 {
-    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(tempfname.c_str());
+    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(
+        Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str());
     updateTemplatePanel();
 }
 
@@ -229,7 +232,8 @@ void newFirewallDialog::updateTemplatePanel()
 
         if (using_std)
         {
-            m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(tempfname.c_str());
+            m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(
+                Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str());
         }
     }
     else
@@ -576,7 +580,7 @@ void newFirewallDialog::showPage(const int page)
             {
                 tmpldb->load(
                     m_dialog->templateFilePath->text().toAscii().data(),
-                    &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+                    &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
             }
             catch (FWException &ex)
             {
diff --git a/src/libgui/newHostDialog.cpp b/src/libgui/newHostDialog.cpp
index 5ccef751d..e50ebcbdc 100644
--- a/src/libgui/newHostDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/newHostDialog.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/BackgroundOp.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPv4.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPv6.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <qlineedit.h>
 #include <qtextedit.h>
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ newHostDialog::newHostDialog(QWidget *parentw, FWObject *_p) : QDialog(parentw)
              this,SLOT(useStandardTemplate()));
     connect( m_dialog->useTemplate, SIGNAL(released()),
              this,SLOT(updateTemplatePanel()));
-    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(tempfname.c_str());
+    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(
+        Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str());
     updateTemplatePanel();
 
     setNextEnabled( OBJECT_NAME_PAGE, false );
@@ -131,7 +133,8 @@ void newHostDialog::browseTemplate()
 
 void newHostDialog::useStandardTemplate()
 {
-    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(tempfname.c_str());
+    m_dialog->templateFilePath->setText(
+        Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str());
     updateTemplatePanel();
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ void newHostDialog::updateTemplatePanel()
     if (m_dialog->useTemplate->checkState()==Qt::Checked)
     {
         QString fileName = m_dialog->templateFilePath->text();
-        bool using_std = fileName == tempfname.c_str();
+        bool using_std = fileName == Constants::getTemplatesObjectsFilePath().c_str();
 
         m_dialog->templateFrame->setVisible(true);
         m_dialog->templateFilePathLabel->setVisible(!using_std);
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ void newHostDialog::showPage(const int page)
             tmpldb = new FWObjectDatabase();
             tmpldb->setReadOnly( false );
             tmpldb->load( m_dialog->templateFilePath->text().toAscii().data(),
-                          &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+                          &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         }
         list<FWObject*> fl;
 
diff --git a/src/pf/pf.cpp b/src/pf/pf.cpp
index faba8db8e..09630eb04 100644
--- a/src/pf/pf.cpp
+++ b/src/pf/pf.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -94,12 +95,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         QString arg = args.at(idx);
         last_arg = arg;
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     try
     {
-        new Resources(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 	/* create database */
 	objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -137,10 +132,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	cout << " *** Loading data ...";
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( sysfname, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
+                     &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName("");
         FWObjectDatabase *ndb = new FWObjectDatabase();
-        ndb->load(filename, &upgrade_predicate,  librespath);
+        ndb->load(filename, &upgrade_predicate,  Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->merge(ndb, NULL);
         delete ndb;
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
diff --git a/src/pix/pix.cpp b/src/pix/pix.cpp
index 1fbd5d426..7d241d090 100644
--- a/src/pix/pix.cpp
+++ b/src/pix/pix.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Tools.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -118,12 +119,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             only_print_inspection_code = true;
             continue;
         }
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -147,7 +142,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     try
     {
-        new Resources(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 /* create database */
         objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -158,7 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         cout << " *** Loading data ...";
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
         objdb->reIndex();
 
diff --git a/src/procurve_acl/procurve_acl.cpp b/src/procurve_acl/procurve_acl.cpp
index 6e66fbedd..2b8211e4f 100644
--- a/src/procurve_acl/procurve_acl.cpp
+++ b/src/procurve_acl/procurve_acl.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/XMLTools.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Tools.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -109,12 +110,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         QString arg = args.at(idx);
         last_arg = arg;
-        if (arg == "-r")
-        {
-            idx++;
-            respath = string(args.at(idx).toLatin1().constData());
-            continue;
-        }
         if (arg == "-V")
         {
             usage(argv[0]);
@@ -138,7 +133,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     try
     {
-        new Resources(respath+FS_SEPARATOR+"resources.xml");
+        new Resources(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
  
         /* create database */
         objdb = new FWObjectDatabase();
@@ -149,7 +144,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         cout << " *** Loading data ...";
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load( filename, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName(filename);
         objdb->reIndex();
 
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/FWObjectTest/main.cpp b/src/unit_tests/FWObjectTest/main.cpp
index 3a1700eff..f7991f421 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/FWObjectTest/main.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/FWObjectTest/main.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
-//std::string respath;
+
 int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;
 std::string platform;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/ImporterTest.cpp b/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/ImporterTest.cpp
index 73a176299..9a56dab15 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/ImporterTest.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/ImporterTest.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/Policy.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Rule.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/TagService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -82,15 +83,11 @@ void ImporterTest::setUp()
 
     db->setReadOnly( false );
 
-    //path.pop_back();
-    //path << "objects_init.xml";
-    //sysfname = path.join(FS_SEPARATOR).toStdString();
-    //librespath = string(PREFIX) + "/share/libfwbuilder-" + VERSION;
+    qDebug() << Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath().c_str();
+    qDebug() << Constants::getDTDDirectory().c_str();
 
-    qDebug() << sysfname.c_str();
-    qDebug() << librespath.c_str();
-
-    db->load( sysfname, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    db->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
+              &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     qDebug() << "st";
 
     db->setFileName("");
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/main_ImporterTest.cpp b/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/main_ImporterTest.cpp
index 0f927a674..86e3c2413 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/main_ImporterTest.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/ImporterTest/main_ImporterTest.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "../../../common/init.cpp"
 
-//std::string respath;
 int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;
 std::string platform;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     QApplication app(argc, argv, false);
 
     init(argv);
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
     runner.addTest( ImporterTest::suite() );
     runner.setOutputter( new CppUnit::CompilerOutputter( &runner.result(),
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/Inet6AddrMaskTest/main.cpp b/src/unit_tests/Inet6AddrMaskTest/main.cpp
index 400ab399f..4f99edfe9 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/Inet6AddrMaskTest/main.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/Inet6AddrMaskTest/main.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
-//std::string respath;
+
 int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;
 std::string platform;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/InetAddrMaskTest/main.cpp b/src/unit_tests/InetAddrMaskTest/main.cpp
index 2b2f1439d..39bf02e7b 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/InetAddrMaskTest/main.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/InetAddrMaskTest/main.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
-//std::string respath;
 int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;
 std::string platform;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/ObjectMatcherTest/main.cpp b/src/unit_tests/ObjectMatcherTest/main.cpp
index b96cdbfa6..518b51489 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/ObjectMatcherTest/main.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/ObjectMatcherTest/main.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
-//std::string respath;
 int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;
 std::string platform;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/RCS/main_RCS.cpp b/src/unit_tests/RCS/main_RCS.cpp
index d8c168a50..53f6d4d80 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/RCS/main_RCS.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/RCS/main_RCS.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <string>
 
-//std::string respath;
 //int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;
 
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/UsageResolverTest/main_UsageResolverTest.cpp b/src/unit_tests/UsageResolverTest/main_UsageResolverTest.cpp
index 9b9421fb1..951f4a9cb 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/UsageResolverTest/main_UsageResolverTest.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/UsageResolverTest/main_UsageResolverTest.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "UsageResolverTest.h"
 #include <string>
 
-std::string respath;
 int fwbdebug = 0;
 QString user_name;
 
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/interfacePropertiesTest.cpp b/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/interfacePropertiesTest.cpp
index 7ca9acf2e..db70b9f7d 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/interfacePropertiesTest.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/interfacePropertiesTest.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Firewall.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/Interface.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -37,8 +38,6 @@ using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace CppUnit;
 
 
-extern string librespath;
-
 class UpgradePredicate: public XMLTools::UpgradePredicate
 {
     public:
@@ -586,7 +585,7 @@ void interfacePropertiesTest::testManageIpAddresses()
 
     string file_name = "test.fwb";
     db->setReadOnly( false );
-    db->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    db->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     db->setFileName(file_name);
     db->reIndex();
 
@@ -656,7 +655,7 @@ void interfacePropertiesTest::testManageIpAddressesCluster()
 
     string file_name = "test.fwb";
     db->setReadOnly( false );
-    db->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    db->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     db->setFileName(file_name);
     db->reIndex();
 
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/tests_main.cpp b/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/tests_main.cpp
index 7e4ec148a..bf5a893d7 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/tests_main.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/compilerLibTest/tests_main.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@
 #include "common/init.cpp"
 #include "interfacePropertiesTest.h"
 
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 #include <cppunit/ui/text/TestRunner.h>
 #include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
 #include <string>
 
-//std::string respath;
 //QString user_name;
 
 int main(int, char **argv)
@@ -41,9 +42,7 @@ int main(int, char **argv)
 
     init();
 
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
-    // Resources("../../res/resources.xml");
-
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
     runner.addTest( interfacePropertiesTest::suite() );
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp
index aabc1a42e..d93d731b8 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/FWObjectDatabase.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace fwcompiler;
 
 
-extern string librespath;
-
 class UpgradePredicate: public XMLTools::UpgradePredicate
 {
     public:
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ void GeneratedScriptTest::loadDataFile(const string &file_name)
     UpgradePredicate upgrade_predicate; 
 
     objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     objdb->setFileName(file_name);
     objdb->reIndex();
 }
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp
index 82c9a5b93..be451a895 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfilter/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfilter.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTextCodec>
@@ -51,8 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     init(argv);
 
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
-
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
     runner.addTest( GeneratedScriptTest::suite() );
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp
index 1f70854ba..662b78e3b 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/FWObjectDatabase.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace fwcompiler;
 
 
-extern string librespath;
-
 class UpgradePredicate: public XMLTools::UpgradePredicate
 {
     public:
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ void GeneratedScriptTest::loadDataFile(const string &file_name)
     UpgradePredicate upgrade_predicate; 
 
     objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     objdb->setFileName(file_name);
     objdb->reIndex();
 }
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp
index b3b33ab3e..e082367fe 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsIpfw/main_generatedScriptTestsIpfw.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTextCodec>
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     init(argv);
 
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp
index 2bc3ffc0d..40bd383d4 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/FWObjectDatabase.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace fwcompiler;
 
 
-extern string librespath;
-
 class UpgradePredicate: public XMLTools::UpgradePredicate
 {
     public:
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ void GeneratedScriptTest::loadDataFile(const string &file_name)
         UpgradePredicate upgrade_predicate; 
 
         objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-        objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+        objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName(file_name);
         objdb->reIndex();
     } catch (FWException &ex)
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/main_generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/main_generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp
index d625180a1..78b704dc7 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/main_generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsLinux/main_generatedScriptTestsLinux.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTextCodec>
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     init(argv);
 
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp
index b56564b36..0ff726e7f 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "fwbuilder/FWObjectDatabase.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/FWException.h"
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace fwcompiler;
 
 
-extern string librespath;
-
 class UpgradePredicate: public XMLTools::UpgradePredicate
 {
     public:
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ void GeneratedScriptTest::loadDataFile(const string &file_name)
     UpgradePredicate upgrade_predicate; 
 
     objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     objdb->setFileName(file_name);
     objdb->reIndex();
 }
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/main_generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/main_generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp
index 73e014be7..b25ef3b00 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/main_generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsPF/main_generatedScriptTestsPF.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTextCodec>
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     init(argv);
 
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp
index 5b8427b25..6fe7b3db7 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "Configlet.h"
 
 #include "fwbuilder/IPService.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QDirIterator>
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace fwcompiler;
 
-extern string librespath;
 
 class UpgradePredicate: public XMLTools::UpgradePredicate
 {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void GeneratedScriptTest::loadDataFile(const string &file_name)
     UpgradePredicate upgrade_predicate;
 
     objdb->setReadOnly( false );
-    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, librespath);
+    objdb->load(file_name, &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     objdb->setFileName(file_name);
     objdb->reIndex();
 }
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/main_generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/main_generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp
index 978d0490b..05474f9e3 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/main_generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/generatedScriptTestsSecuwall/main_generatedScriptTestsSecuwall.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <cppunit/CompilerOutputter.h>
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTextCodec>
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     init(argv);
 
-    Resources res(respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml");
+    Resources res(Constants::getResourcesFilePath());
 
 
     CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/main/main.cpp b/src/unit_tests/main/main.cpp
index d771697d1..436eb2a56 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/main/main.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "common/commoninit.h"
 
 #include "fwbuilder/Resources.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ void build_app(int argc, char** argv,
 
     *wfl = new UserWorkflow(); 
 
-    string full_res_path = respath + FS_SEPARATOR + "resources.xml"; 
+    string full_res_path = Constants::getResourcesFilePath(); 
 
     new Resources(full_res_path);
 
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/newClusterDialogTest/newClusterDialogTest.cpp b/src/unit_tests/newClusterDialogTest/newClusterDialogTest.cpp
index 85cd19d2a..6b945ef0d 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/newClusterDialogTest/newClusterDialogTest.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/newClusterDialogTest/newClusterDialogTest.cpp
@@ -29,17 +29,19 @@
 #include <QDialog>
 
 #include "ui_newclusterdialog_q.h"
+
 #include "FWWindow.h"
-#include "fwbuilder/Policy.h"
 #include "ObjectTreeView.h"
 #include "ProjectPanel.h"
 #include "StartTipDialog.h"
-
 #include "ObjectTreeView.h"
 #include "ObjectTreeViewItem.h"
 #include "FWObjectClipboard.h"
 #include "FWBApplication.h"
 
+#include "fwbuilder/Policy.h"
+#include "fwbuilder/Constants.h"
+
 using namespace libfwbuilder;
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ void newClusterDialogTest::test1()
     //init();
     FWObjectDatabase *db = new FWObjectDatabase();
     XMLTools::UpgradePredicate p;
-    db->load("test_work.fwb", &p, librespath);
+    db->load("test_work.fwb", &p, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
     newClusterDialog_ext *dialog = new newClusterDialog_ext(NULL, db);
     vector<FWObject*> fws;
     QStringList fwnames;
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/parseCommandLineTest/main_parseCommandLineTest.cpp b/src/unit_tests/parseCommandLineTest/main_parseCommandLineTest.cpp
index 7709e24da..fa907157a 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/parseCommandLineTest/main_parseCommandLineTest.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/parseCommandLineTest/main_parseCommandLineTest.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <string>
 
-//std::string respath;
 //int fwbdebug = 0;
 //QString user_name;