diff --git a/src/include/ngspice/sharedspice.h b/src/include/ngspice/sharedspice.h
index 20aca841e..3235f9460 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice/sharedspice.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice/sharedspice.h
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ struct ngcomplex {
 typedef struct ngcomplex ngcomplex_t;
 #endif
 
-/* vector info obtained from any vector in ngspice.dll */
+/* vector info obtained from any vector in ngspice.dll.
+   Allows direct access to the ngspice internal vector structure,
+   as defined in include/ngspice/devc.h . */
 typedef struct vector_info {
     char *v_name;		/* Same as so_vname. */
     int v_type;			/* Same as so_vtype. */
@@ -132,8 +134,8 @@ typedef struct vecvalues {
 
 typedef struct vecvaluesall {
     int veccount;      /* number of vectors in plot */
-    int vecindex;      /* index of actual set of vectors */
-    pvecvalues *vecsa; /* values of actual set of vectors */
+    int vecindex;      /* index of actual set of vectors. i.e. the number of accepted data points */
+    pvecvalues *vecsa; /* values of actual set of vectors, indexed from 0 to veccount - 1 */
 } vecvaluesall, *pvecvaluesall;
 
 /* info for a specific vector */
diff --git a/src/sharedspice.c b/src/sharedspice.c
index de247d0c3..3ac92d76a 100644
--- a/src/sharedspice.c
+++ b/src/sharedspice.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ bot:
 //  com_version(NULL);
     fprintf(cp_out,
             "******\n"
-            "** %s-%s\n",
+            "** %s-%s shared library\n",
             ft_sim->simulator, ft_sim->version);
     if (Spice_Build_Date != NULL && *Spice_Build_Date != 0)
         fprintf(cp_out, "** Creation Date: %s\n", Spice_Build_Date);
diff --git a/visualc-shared/sharedspice.vcproj b/visualc-shared/sharedspice.vcproj
index 5ba6c21fc..95442db6c 100644
--- a/visualc-shared/sharedspice.vcproj
+++ b/visualc-shared/sharedspice.vcproj
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+				Description="Custom defined Build: Recompile conf.c with actual date"
+				CommandLine="del $(ConfigurationName)\conf.obj"
+				Outputs="$(ConfigurationName)\conf.obj"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+				Description="Custom defined Build: Recompile conf.c with actual date"
+				CommandLine="del $(ConfigurationName)\conf.obj"
+				Outputs="$(ConfigurationName)\conf.obj"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
@@ -200,6 +206,9 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+				Description="Custom defined Build: Recompile conf.c with actual date"
+				CommandLine="del $(ConfigurationName)\conf.obj"
+				Outputs="$(ConfigurationName)\conf.obj"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"