diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
index 82e817e3..555ae6fa 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			{
 				// Walk up active parents until the parent is not an item
 				Item tmp = this;
-				while (tmp.ActiveParent.GetType().Name != "DocVersion") tmp = (Item)tmp.ActiveParent;
+				while (tmp.ActiveParent.GetType() != typeof(DocVersion)) tmp = (Item)tmp.ActiveParent;
 				return tmp;
 			}
 		}		private IVEDrillDown _ActiveParent = null;
@@ -261,6 +261,30 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
+		public bool IsSection
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if ((MyContent.Type / 10000) == 1) return true;
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		public bool IsProcedure
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if ((MyContent.Type / 10000) == 0) return true;
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		public bool IsStep
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				if ((MyContent.Type / 10000) == 2) return true;
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
 		private E_FromType ItemType
 		{
 			get
@@ -497,7 +521,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			{
 				// Walk up active parents until the parent is not an item
 				ItemInfo tmp = this;
-				while (tmp.ActiveParent.GetType().Name != "DocVersionInfo") tmp = (ItemInfo)tmp.ActiveParent;
+				while (tmp.ActiveParent.GetType() != typeof(DocVersionInfo)) tmp = (ItemInfo)tmp.ActiveParent;
 				return tmp;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/VEObjects/VETreeNode.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/VEObjects/VETreeNode.cs
index abd1a073..e9eb7811 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/VEObjects/VETreeNode.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/VEObjects/VETreeNode.cs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				DateTime tStart = DateTime.Now;
 				OnLoadingChildrenSQL(this, new VETreeNodeEventArgs());
 					IList ol;	
-				if(_VEObject.GetType().Name == "StepInfo" ||_VEObject.GetType().Name == "SectionInfo" ||_VEObject.GetType().Name == "ItemInfo" )
+				if(_VEObject.GetType() == typeof(StepInfo) ||_VEObject.GetType() == typeof(SectionInfo) ||_VEObject.GetType() == typeof(ItemInfo) )
 					ol = ((ItemInfo)_VEObject).GetChildren(allParts);
 				else 
 					ol = _VEObject.GetChildren();