diff --git a/src/common/dbtable.cpp b/src/common/dbtable.cpp
index 03d947568a..879a4dd38d 100644
--- a/src/common/dbtable.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dbtable.cpp
@@ -2586,8 +2586,8 @@ wxVariant wxDbTable::GetCol(const int colNo) const
 
 void csstrncpyt(char *s, const char *t, int n)
 {
-    while ((*s++ = *t++) && --n)
-    {};
+    while ( (*s++ = *t++) != '\0' && --n )
+        ;
 
     *s = '\0';
 }
diff --git a/src/generic/dirdlgg.cpp b/src/generic/dirdlgg.cpp
index 2900942781..7b51d075f7 100644
--- a/src/generic/dirdlgg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/dirdlgg.cpp
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void wxGenericDirDialog::OnShowHidden( wxCommandEvent& event )
     if (!m_dirCtrl)
         return;
 
-    m_dirCtrl->ShowHidden( event.GetInt() );
+    m_dirCtrl->ShowHidden( event.GetInt() != 0 );
 }
 
 void wxGenericDirDialog::OnNew( wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )