diff --git a/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.cpp b/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.cpp
index 74c97e3f25..8c884a9f5f 100644
--- a/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.cpp
+++ b/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "cvfVector2.h"
 #include "cvfqtUtils.h"
 
+#include <QtCore/QStringList>
+
 namespace cvfqt {
 
 
@@ -55,22 +57,22 @@ namespace cvfqt {
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-QString Utils::toQString(const cvf::String& ceeString)
+QString Utils::toQString(const cvf::String& cvfString)
 {
-    if (ceeString.isEmpty())
+    if (cvfString.isEmpty())
     {
         return QString();
     }
 
     if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 2)
     {
-        const unsigned short* strPtr = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned short*>(ceeString.c_str());
+        const unsigned short* strPtr = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned short*>(cvfString.c_str());
 
         return QString::fromUtf16(strPtr);
     }
     else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 4)
     {
-        const unsigned int* strPtr = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned int*>(ceeString.c_str());
+        const unsigned int* strPtr = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned int*>(cvfString.c_str());
 
         return QString::fromUcs4(strPtr);
     }
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ QString Utils::toQString(const cvf::String& ceeString)
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvf::String Utils::fromQString(const QString& qtString)
+cvf::String Utils::toString(const QString& qtString)
 {
     if (qtString.length() == 0)
     {
@@ -110,6 +112,39 @@ cvf::String Utils::fromQString(const QString& qtString)
 }
 
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::vector<cvf::String> Utils::toStringVector(const QStringList& stringList)
+{
+    std::vector<cvf::String> strVec;
+
+    foreach (QString s, stringList)
+    {
+        strVec.push_back(toString(s));
+    }
+
+    return strVec;
+}
+
+
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+QStringList Utils::toQStringList(const std::vector<cvf::String>& stringVector)
+{
+    QStringList strList;
+
+    foreach (cvf::String s, stringVector)
+    {
+        strList.push_back(toQString(s));
+    }
+
+    return strList;
+}
+
+
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.h b/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.h
index 9609dd26c4..face8bf4e5 100644
--- a/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.h
+++ b/Fwk/VizFwk/LibGuiQt/cvfqtUtils.h
@@ -54,12 +54,18 @@ namespace cvfqt {
 class Utils
 {
 public:
-    static QString      toQString(const cvf::String& ceeString);
-    static cvf::String  fromQString(const QString& qtString);
+    static QString                  toQString(const cvf::String& cvfString);
+    static cvf::String              toString(const QString& qtString);
 
-    static QImage       toQImage(const cvf::TextureImage& textureImage);
-    static void         fromQImage(const QImage& qImage, cvf::TextureImage* textureImage);
-    static void         fromQImageRegion(const QImage& qImage, const cvf::Vec2ui& srcPos, const cvf::Vec2ui& size, cvf::TextureImage* textureImage);
+    static std::vector<cvf::String> toStringVector(const QStringList& stringList);
+    static QStringList              toQStringList(const std::vector<cvf::String>& stringVector);
+
+    static QImage                   toQImage(const cvf::TextureImage& textureImage);
+    static void                     fromQImage(const QImage& qImage, cvf::TextureImage* textureImage);
+    static void                     fromQImageRegion(const QImage& qImage, const cvf::Vec2ui& srcPos, const cvf::Vec2ui& size, cvf::TextureImage* textureImage);
+
+    // Deprecated
+    static cvf::String              fromQString(const QString& qtString) { return toString(qtString); }
 };
 
 }