diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 212eb12236..ff72152097 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1962,3 +1962,17 @@ GetTargetObjectFileDirectories(cmTarget* target,
   std::cerr << dir << "\n";
   dirs.push_back(dir);
 }
+
+  
+  // return the source name for the object file
+std::string cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::GetSourceObjectName(cmSourceFile& sf )
+{
+  std::string ret = sf.GetSourceName();
+  std::string::size_type pos = ret.find("/");
+  if(pos == ret.npos)
+    {
+    return ret;
+    }
+  return ret.substr(pos+1);
+}
+  
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 746e65711e..22147c76f5 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ public:
   virtual void ConfigureFinalPass();
   void GetTargetObjectFileDirectories(cmTarget* target,
                                       std::vector<std::string>& 
-                                      dirs);
+                                      dirs); 
+  // return the source name for the object file
+  virtual std::string GetSourceObjectName(cmSourceFile& );
 
 private:
   typedef cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorOptions Options;
diff --git a/Tests/ConvLibrary/bartest.cxx b/Tests/ConvLibrary/bartest.cxx
index aa3afcb0b1..ab9577304d 100644
--- a/Tests/ConvLibrary/bartest.cxx
+++ b/Tests/ConvLibrary/bartest.cxx
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ int main()
     }
   if(car() == 30)
     {
-    printf("bar is 30!\n");
+    printf("car is 30!\n");
     }
   else
     {
-    printf("bar is not 30 error!\n");
+    printf("car is not 30 error!\n");
     return -1;
     }
   printf("Test past\n");