diff --git a/include/svx/linkwarn.hxx b/include/svx/linkwarn.hxx
index 67d41adb6384..d46ce4a0c1cc 100644
--- a/include/svx/linkwarn.hxx
+++ b/include/svx/linkwarn.hxx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ private:
     void                    InitSize();
 
 public:
-             SvxLinkWarningDialog( Window* pParent, const String& _rFileName );
+             SvxLinkWarningDialog( Window* pParent, const OUString& _rFileName );
     virtual ~SvxLinkWarningDialog();
 };
 
diff --git a/svx/source/dialog/linkwarn.cxx b/svx/source/dialog/linkwarn.cxx
index 91aff686c092..560f298bb0a2 100644
--- a/svx/source/dialog/linkwarn.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/dialog/linkwarn.cxx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <sfx2/basedlgs.hxx>
 #include <svtools/miscopt.hxx>
 
-SvxLinkWarningDialog::SvxLinkWarningDialog( Window* pParent, const String& _rFileName ) :
+SvxLinkWarningDialog::SvxLinkWarningDialog( Window* pParent, const OUString& _rFileName ) :
     SfxModalDialog( pParent, SVX_RES( RID_SVXDLG_LINK_WARNING ) ),
     m_aQueryImage       ( this, SVX_RES( FI_QUERY ) ),
     m_aInfoText         ( this, SVX_RES( FT_INFOTEXT ) ),