diff --git a/xmlhelp/prj/build.lst b/xmlhelp/prj/build.lst
index b360e5f763ee..08b320d8302c 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/prj/build.lst
+++ b/xmlhelp/prj/build.lst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-xh	xmlhelp	:	ucbhelper LIBXSLT:libxslt unoil BERKELEYDB:berkeleydb svtools LUCENE:lucene unotools javaunohelper NULL
+xh      xmlhelp :       ucbhelper LIBXSLT:libxslt unoil BERKELEYDB:berkeleydb LUCENE:lucene unotools javaunohelper NULL
 xh	xmlhelp									usr1	-	all	xh_mkout NULL
 xh	xmlhelp\inc								nmake	-	all	xh_inc NULL
 xh	xmlhelp\source\treeview					nmake	-	all	xh_treeview xh_inc NULL
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx
index 8130e5f38bd2..618596a11c0b 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <rtl/memory.h>
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/Locale.hpp>
 #include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
-#include <svtools/miscopt.hxx>
 #include "inputstream.hxx"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/ucb/XCommandEnvironment.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/Optional.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/frame/XConfigManager.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/util/XMacroExpander.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/uri/XUriReferenceFactory.hpp>
@@ -261,43 +261,72 @@ static bool impl_getZipFile(
     return false;
 }
 
-rtl::OString Databases::getImagesZipFileURL()
-{
-    sal_Int16 nSymbolsStyle = SvtMiscOptions().GetCurrentSymbolsStyle();
-    if ( !m_aImagesZipFileURL.getLength() || ( m_nSymbolsStyle != nSymbolsStyle ) )
-    {
-        m_nSymbolsStyle = nSymbolsStyle;
-
-        rtl::OUString aImageZip;
-        rtl::OUString aSymbolsStyleName = SvtMiscOptions().GetCurrentSymbolsStyleName();
-        bool bFound = false;
-
-        if ( aSymbolsStyleName.getLength() != 0 )
-        {
-            rtl::OUString aZipName = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "images_" );
-            aZipName += aSymbolsStyleName;
-            aZipName += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".zip" );
-
-            bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, aZipName, aImageZip );
-        }
-
-        if ( ! bFound )
-            bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "images.zip" ), aImageZip );
-
-        if ( ! bFound )
-            aImageZip = rtl::OUString();
-
-        m_aImagesZipFileURL = rtl::OUStringToOString(
-                    rtl::Uri::encode(
-                        aImageZip,
-                        rtl_UriCharClassPchar,
-                        rtl_UriEncodeIgnoreEscapes,
-                        RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
-    }
-
-    return m_aImagesZipFileURL;
-}
-
+rtl::OString Databases::getImagesZipFileURL()
+{
+    //sal_Int16 nSymbolsStyle = SvtMiscOptions().GetCurrentSymbolsStyle();
+    sal_Int16 nSymbolsStyle = 0;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigProvider(
+            m_xSMgr ->createInstanceWithContext(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider"), m_xContext), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+        // set root path
+        uno::Sequence < uno::Any > lParams(1);
+        beans::PropertyValue                       aParam ;
+        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("nodepath");
+        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("org.openoffice.Office.Common");
+        lParams[0] = uno::makeAny(aParam);
+
+        // open it
+        uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > xCFG( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
+                    ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess"),
+                    lParams) );
+
+        bool bChanged = false;
+        uno::Reference< container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > xAccess(xCFG, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        uno::Any aResult = xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("Misc/SymbolSet"));
+        if ( (aResult >>= nSymbolsStyle) && m_nSymbolsStyle != nSymbolsStyle )
+        {
+            m_nSymbolsStyle = nSymbolsStyle;
+            bChanged = true;
+        }
+
+        if ( !m_aImagesZipFileURL.getLength() || bChanged )
+        {
+            rtl::OUString aImageZip, aSymbolsStyleName;
+            aResult = xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("Misc/SymbolStyle"));
+            aResult >>= aSymbolsStyleName;
+
+            bool bFound = false;
+            if ( aSymbolsStyleName.getLength() != 0 )
+            {
+                rtl::OUString aZipName = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "images_" );
+                aZipName += aSymbolsStyleName;
+                aZipName += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".zip" );
+
+                bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, aZipName, aImageZip );
+            }
+
+            if ( ! bFound )
+                bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "images.zip" ), aImageZip );
+
+            if ( ! bFound )
+                aImageZip = rtl::OUString();
+
+            m_aImagesZipFileURL = rtl::OUStringToOString(
+                        rtl::Uri::encode(
+                            aImageZip,
+                            rtl_UriCharClassPchar,
+                            rtl_UriEncodeIgnoreEscapes,
+                            RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+        }
+    }
+    catch ( NoSuchElementException const & )
+    {
+    }
+
+    return m_aImagesZipFileURL;
+}
 
 void Databases::replaceName( rtl::OUString& oustring ) const
 {
@@ -1598,14 +1627,14 @@ rtl::OUString ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetFileFromPackage(
             ::std::vector< ::rtl::OUString > av;
             implGetLanguageVectorFromPackage( av, xPackage );
             ::std::vector< ::rtl::OUString >::const_iterator pFound = av.end();
-            try
-            {
-                pFound = ::comphelper::Locale::getFallback( av, m_aLanguage );
-            }
+            try
+            {
+                pFound = ::comphelper::Locale::getFallback( av, m_aLanguage );
+            }
             catch( ::comphelper::Locale::MalFormedLocaleException& )
             {}
-            if( pFound != av.end() )
-                aLanguage = *pFound;
+            if( pFound != av.end() )
+                aLanguage = *pFound;
         }
     }
     return aFile;
@@ -1622,7 +1651,7 @@ void ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetLanguageVectorFromPackage( ::std::vector< ::r
 {
     rv.clear();
     rtl::OUString aExtensionPath = xPackage->getURL();
-    Sequence< rtl::OUString > aEntrySeq = m_xSFA->getFolderContents( aExtensionPath, true );
+    Sequence< rtl::OUString > aEntrySeq = m_xSFA->getFolderContents( aExtensionPath, true );
 
     const rtl::OUString* pSeq = aEntrySeq.getConstArray();
     sal_Int32 nCount = aEntrySeq.getLength();
@@ -1646,7 +1675,7 @@ void ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetLanguageVectorFromPackage( ::std::vector< ::r
                     rv.push_back( aPureEntry );
             }
         }
-    }
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -1717,15 +1746,15 @@ Db* DataBaseIterator::implGetDbFromPackage( Reference< deployment::XPackage > xP
         ::std::vector< ::rtl::OUString > av;
         implGetLanguageVectorFromPackage( av, xPackage );
         ::std::vector< ::rtl::OUString >::const_iterator pFound = av.end();
-        try
-        {
-            pFound = ::comphelper::Locale::getFallback( av, m_aLanguage );
-        }
+        try
+        {
+            pFound = ::comphelper::Locale::getFallback( av, m_aLanguage );
+        }
         catch( ::comphelper::Locale::MalFormedLocaleException& )
         {}
-        if( pFound != av.end() )
+        if( pFound != av.end() )
         {
-            aUsedLanguage = *pFound;
+            aUsedLanguage = *pFound;
             pRetDb = m_rDatabases.getBerkeley( aHelpFilesBaseName, aUsedLanguage, m_bHelpText, &aExtensionPath );
         }
     }
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx
index 4e7e2efb2a84..e0d5c9697dad 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ InputStreamTransformer::InputStreamTransformer( URLParameter* urlParam,
         ::rtl::OUString aExtensionPath;
         rtl::OUString aJar = urlParam->get_jar();
 
-        bool bAddExtensionPath = false;
+        bool bAddExtensionPath = false;
         sal_Int32 nQuestionMark1 = aJar.indexOf( sal_Unicode('?') );
         sal_Int32 nQuestionMark2 = aJar.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('?') );
         if( nQuestionMark1 != -1 && nQuestionMark2 != -1 && nQuestionMark1 != nQuestionMark2 )