diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
index 4331b7cd0f6..336b813d68b 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-11-11 Alain Magloire
+	Fix for PR 75000, from PalmSource
+	* cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
+	* cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/model/VariableDescriptor.java
+	* mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIVarInfoType.java
+
 2004-11-10 Alain Magloire
 	Fix for PR 51113 and PR 66268
 	It allow more flexibility in the GDB console, for example
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
index 54612b82bba..e7b06cd20f9 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/Variable.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.model.type.WCharValue;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CommandFactory;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarAssign;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarInfoExpression;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarInfoType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarListChildren;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarSetFormat;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarShowAttributes;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.event.MIVarChangedEvent;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVar;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVarInfoExpressionInfo;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVarInfoTypeInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVarListChildrenInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVarShowAttributesInfo;
 
@@ -402,4 +404,25 @@ public abstract class Variable extends VariableDescriptor implements ICDIVariabl
 		varMgr.destroyVariable(this);
 	}
 
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIVariableDescriptor#getTypeName()
+	 */
+	public String getTypeName() throws CDIException {
+		if (fTypename == null) {
+			MISession mi = ((Target) getTarget()).getMISession();
+			CommandFactory factory = mi.getCommandFactory();
+			MIVarInfoType infoType = factory.createMIVarInfoType(fMiVar.getVarName());
+			try {
+				mi.postCommand(infoType);
+				MIVarInfoTypeInfo info = infoType.getMIVarInfoTypeInfo();
+				if (info == null) {
+					throw new CDIException(CdiResources.getString("cdi.Common.No_answer")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				}
+				fTypename = info.getType();
+			} catch (MIException e) {
+				throw new MI2CDIException(e);
+			}
+		}
+		return fTypename;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/VariableDescriptor.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/VariableDescriptor.java
index 21daf73415c..d7ded7a5232 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/VariableDescriptor.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/cdi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/model/VariableDescriptor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class VariableDescriptor extends CObject implements ICDIVariable
 	String qualifiedName = null;
 	String fFullName = null;
 	ICDIType fType = null;
-	String typename = null;
+	String fTypename = null;
 	String sizeof = null;
 
 	/**
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ public abstract class VariableDescriptor extends CObject implements ICDIVariable
 	 */
 	public ICDIType getType() throws CDIException {
 		if (fType == null) {
+			String nametype = getTypeName();
 			Target target = (Target)getTarget();
-			Session session = (Session) (target.getSession());
 			StackFrame frame = (StackFrame)getStackFrame();
 			if (frame == null) {
 				Thread thread = (Thread)getThread();
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ public abstract class VariableDescriptor extends CObject implements ICDIVariable
 					frame = ((Thread)target.getCurrentThread()).getCurrentStackFrame();
 				}
 			}
+			Session session = (Session) target.getSession();
 			SourceManager sourceMgr = session.getSourceManager();
-			String nametype = sourceMgr.getTypeName(frame, getQualifiedName());
 			try {
 				fType = sourceMgr.getType(frame, nametype);
 			} catch (CDIException e) {
@@ -271,11 +271,22 @@ public abstract class VariableDescriptor extends CObject implements ICDIVariable
 	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIVariableDescriptor#getTypeName()
 	 */
 	public String getTypeName() throws CDIException {
-		if (typename == null) {
-			ICDIType theType = getType();
-			typename = theType.getTypeName();
+		if (fTypename == null) {
+			Target target = (Target)getTarget();
+			StackFrame frame = (StackFrame)getStackFrame();
+			if (frame == null) {
+				Thread thread = (Thread)getThread();
+				if (thread != null) {
+					frame = thread.getCurrentStackFrame();
+				} else {
+					frame = ((Thread)target.getCurrentThread()).getCurrentStackFrame();
+				}
+			}
+			Session session = (Session) target.getSession();
+			SourceManager sourceMgr = session.getSourceManager();
+			fTypename = sourceMgr.getTypeName(frame, getQualifiedName());
 		}
-		return typename;
+		return fTypename;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIVarInfoType.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIVarInfoType.java
index eda50326cc1..5b16a209485 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIVarInfoType.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIVarInfoType.java
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command;
 
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.MIException;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIInfo;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIOutput;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVarInfoTypeInfo;
+
 /**
  * 
  *     -var-info-type NAME
@@ -26,4 +31,21 @@ public class MIVarInfoType extends MICommand
 	public MIVarInfoType(String name) {
 		super("-var-info-type", new String[]{name}); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
+
+	public MIVarInfoTypeInfo getMIVarInfoTypeInfo() throws MIException {
+		return (MIVarInfoTypeInfo)getMIInfo();
+	}
+
+	public MIInfo getMIInfo() throws MIException {
+		MIInfo info = null;
+		MIOutput out = getMIOutput();
+		if (out != null) {
+			info = new MIVarInfoTypeInfo(out);
+			if (info.isError()) {
+				throwMIException(info, out);
+			}
+		}
+		return info;
+	}
+
 }