diff -burN libview-0.5.5.orig/libview/header.cc libview-0.5.5/libview/header.cc
--- libview-0.5.5.orig/libview/header.cc	2005-12-11 03:18:42.089466232 +0100
+++ libview-0.5.5/libview/header.cc	2005-12-11 03:21:01.540266488 +0100
@@ -69,6 +69,22 @@
    select();
 }
 
+/*
+ * one parameter constructor for compatiblity with VMware
+ */
+Header::Header(const Glib::ustring &markup) 
+	: Gtk::MenuItem(),
+	mLabel()
+{
+   mLabel.show();
+   add(mLabel);
+   mLabel.set_alignment(0, 0.5);   
+   mLabel.set_justify(Gtk::JUSTIFY_LEFT);
+
+   SetMarkup(markup);
+
+   select();
+}
 
 /*
  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -burN libview-0.5.5.orig/libview/header.hh libview-0.5.5/libview/header.hh
--- libview-0.5.5.orig/libview/header.hh	2005-12-11 03:18:42.072468816 +0100
+++ libview-0.5.5/libview/header.hh	2005-12-11 03:28:15.719261248 +0100
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 public:
    enum Alignment { LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT };
 
-   Header(const Glib::ustring &markup, Alignment align = LEFT);
+   Header(const Glib::ustring &markup, Alignment align);
+   Header(const Glib::ustring &markup);
 
    void SetMarkup(const Glib::ustring &markup);
    void SetAlignment(Alignment align);