diff --git a/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp b/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp
index aa005eec57..6ef6a6a60f 100644
--- a/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/metalibs/direct/Sources.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define BUILDING_DLL BUILDING_DIRECT
 
 #define COMPONENT_LIBS \
-   directbase dcparse showbase deadrec
+   directbase dcparser showbase deadrec
 
 #define OTHER_LIBS panda pandaexpress dtoolconfig dtool
 
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/Makefile.gnu b/direct/src/dcparse/Makefile.gnu
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fe25bf4c8..0000000000
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/Makefile.gnu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-OFILES = \
-  dcParser.o dcLexer.o \
-  dcAtomicField.o dcClass.o dcField.o dcFile.o dcMolecularField.o \
-  dcSubatomicType.o indent.o \
-  dcparse.o
-
-# Cheesy dependencies.
-HFILES = \
-  dcAtomicField.h dcClass.h dcClassDescription.h dcField.h dcFile.h \
-  dcLexerDefs.h dcMolecularField.h dcParser.h dcParserDefs.h	\
-  dcSubatomicType.h dcbase.h indent.h
-
-dcparse : $(OFILES)
-	g++ -o $@ $(OFILES)
-
-dcParser.cxx : dcParser.yxx
-	bison -d --name-prefix=dcyy -o $@ $<
-	mv $@.h dcParser.h
-
-dcLexer.cxx : dcLexer.lxx
-	flex -Pdcyy -ot.lex $<
-	sed '/#include <unistd.h>/d' t.lex >$@
-	rm -f t.lex
-
-%.o: %.cxx $(HFILES)
-	g++ -c -g -Wall -o $@ $<
-
-clean:
-	rm -f *.o dcparse
-
-zip:
-	rm -f dcparse.zip
-	zip dcparse.zip Makefile.gnu *.cxx *.h *.lxx *.yxx *.dc \
-             dc.dsp dc.dsw
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/Sources.pp b/direct/src/dcparse/Sources.pp
index bb0848bf82..d18897aa7d 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/dcparse/Sources.pp
@@ -1,30 +1,15 @@
 #define OTHER_LIBS interrogatedb:c dconfig:c dtoolconfig:m \
                    dtoolutil:c dtoolbase:c dtool:m
-#define YACC_PREFIX dcyy
+#define LOCAL_LIBS \
+    dcparser
+#define C++FLAGS -DWITHIN_PANDA
 
-#begin lib_target
+#begin bin_target
   #define TARGET dcparse
-
-  #define SOURCES \
-    dcAtomicField.cxx dcAtomicField.h dcClass.cxx dcClass.h \
-    dcField.cxx dcField.h dcFile.cxx dcFile.h dcLexer.lxx dcLexerDefs.h \
-    dcMolecularField.cxx dcMolecularField.h dcParser.yxx \
-    dcParserDefs.h dcSubatomicType.cxx dcSubatomicType.h dcbase.h \
-    indent.cxx indent.h
-
-  #define EXTRA_DIST test.dc dc.dsp dc.dsw
-
-  #define IGATESCAN all
-#end lib_target
-
-#begin test_bin_target
-  #define TARGET dcparse
-  #define LOCAL_LIBS dcparse
+  #define LOCAL_LIBS dcparser
   #define OTHER_LIBS $[OTHER_LIBS] pystub
 
   #define SOURCES \
     dcparse.cxx
-
-  #define EXTRA_DIST test.dc dc.dsp dc.dsw
-#end test_bin_target
+#end bin_target
 
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diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h b/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a6bc31dcf2..0000000000
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-// Filename: dcbase.h
-// Created by:  drose (05Oct00)
-// 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#ifndef DCBASE_H
-#define DCBASE_H
-
-// This file defines a few headers and stuff necessary for compilation
-// of this project.  Most compiler-specific decisions should be
-// grouped up here.
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-/* C4786: 255 char debug symbols */
-#pragma warning (disable : 4786)
-/* C4503: decorated name length exceeded */
-#pragma warning (disable : 4503)
-#endif  /* WIN32_VC */
-
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(CPPPARSER)
-#include <iostream>
-#include <fstream>
-#else
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <fstream.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <string>
-
-// These header files are needed to compile dcLexer.cxx, the output
-// from flex.  flex doesn't create a perfectly windows-friendly source
-// file right out of the box.
-#ifdef WIN32
-#include <io.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
-#else
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
-using namespace std;
-
-#ifdef CPPPARSER
-// We define the macro PUBLISHED to mark C++ methods that are to be
-// published via interrogate to scripting languages.  However, if
-// we're not running the interrogate pass (CPPPARSER isn't defined),
-// this maps to public.
-#define PUBLISHED __published
-#else
-#define PUBLISHED public
-#endif
-
-/*
- We define the macros BEGIN_PUBLISH and END_PUBLISH to bracket
- functions and global variable definitions that are to be published
- via interrogate to scripting languages.
- */
-#ifdef CPPPARSER
-#define BEGIN_PUBLISH __begin_publish
-#define END_PUBLISH __end_publish
-#else
-#define BEGIN_PUBLISH
-#define END_PUBLISH
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparser/Sources.pp b/direct/src/dcparser/Sources.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3af3d7a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/Sources.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#define OTHER_LIBS \
+    express:c pandaexpress:m \
+    interrogatedb:c dconfig:c dtoolconfig:m \
+    dtoolutil:c dtoolbase:c dtool:m
+#define LOCAL_LIBS \
+    directbase
+#define YACC_PREFIX dcyy
+#define C++FLAGS -DWITHIN_PANDA
+
+#begin lib_target
+  #define TARGET dcparser
+
+  #define SOURCES \
+    dcAtomicField.cxx dcAtomicField.h dcClass.cxx dcClass.h \
+    dcField.cxx dcField.h dcFile.cxx dcFile.h dcLexer.lxx dcLexerDefs.h \
+    dcMolecularField.cxx dcMolecularField.h dcParser.yxx \
+    dcParserDefs.h dcSubatomicType.cxx dcSubatomicType.h dcbase.h \
+    dcindent.cxx dcindent.h
+
+  #define IGATESCAN all
+#end lib_target
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcAtomicField.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcAtomicField.cxx
similarity index 98%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcAtomicField.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcAtomicField.cxx
index e898f08724..04b7e8e1cf 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcAtomicField.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcAtomicField.cxx
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #include "dcAtomicField.h"
-#include "indent.h"
+#include "dcindent.h"
 
-#include <assert.h>
 
 ostream &
 operator << (ostream &out, const DCAtomicField::ElementType &et) {
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ get_num_elements() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 DCSubatomicType DCAtomicField::
 get_element_type(int n) const {
-  assert(n >= 0 && n < (int)_elements.size());
+  nassertr(n >= 0 && n < (int)_elements.size(), ST_invalid);
   return _elements[n]._type;
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ get_element_type(int n) const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int DCAtomicField::
 get_element_divisor(int n) const {
-  assert(n >= 0 && n < (int)_elements.size());
+  nassertr(n >= 0 && n < (int)_elements.size(), 1);
   return _elements[n]._divisor;
 }
 
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcAtomicField.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcAtomicField.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcAtomicField.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcAtomicField.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcClass.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcClass.cxx
similarity index 98%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcClass.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcClass.cxx
index 5ff7acf7b7..c2b7b29c94 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcClass.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcClass.cxx
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #include "dcClass.h"
-#include "indent.h"
-
-#include <assert.h>
+#include "dcindent.h"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: DCClass::get_number
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ has_parent() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 DCClass *DCClass::
 get_parent() const {
-  assert(has_parent());
+  nassertr(has_parent(), NULL);
   return _parents.front();
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ get_num_fields() {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 DCField *DCClass::
 get_field(int n) {
-  assert(n >= 0 && n < (int)_fields.size());
+  nassertr(n >= 0 && n < (int)_fields.size(), NULL);
   return _fields[n];
 }
 
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcClass.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcClass.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcClass.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcClass.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcField.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcField.cxx
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcField.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcField.cxx
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcField.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcField.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcField.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcField.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx
similarity index 98%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx
index 9cdb0a379f..1a7f5a7163 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.cxx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "dcParserDefs.h"
 #include "dcLexerDefs.h"
 
-#include <assert.h>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: DCFile::Constructor
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ get_num_classes() {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 DCClass *DCFile::
 get_class(int n) {
-  assert(n >= 0 && n < (int)_classes.size());
+  nassertr(n >= 0 && n < (int)_classes.size(), NULL);
   return _classes[n];
 }
 
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcFile.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcLexer.lxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcLexer.lxx
similarity index 99%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcLexer.lxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcLexer.lxx
index 047541f1fb..459dd6236a 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcLexer.lxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcLexer.lxx
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 #include "dcLexerDefs.h"
 #include "dcParserDefs.h"
 #include "dcParser.h"
-#include "indent.h"
+#include "dcindent.h"
 
-#include <assert.h>
 
 static int yyinput(void);        // declared by flex.
 extern "C" int dcyywrap();
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ dcyywarning(const string &msg) {
 // stdio FILE pointer.  This is flex-specific.
 static void
 input_chars(char *buffer, int &result, int max_size) {
-  assert(inp != NULL);
+  nassertv(inp != NULL);
   if (*inp) {
     inp->read(buffer, max_size);
     result = inp->gcount();
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcLexerDefs.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcLexerDefs.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcLexerDefs.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcLexerDefs.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcMolecularField.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcMolecularField.cxx
similarity index 96%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcMolecularField.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcMolecularField.cxx
index 5c50f006d3..194c0a7e64 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcMolecularField.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcMolecularField.cxx
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "dcMolecularField.h"
 #include "dcAtomicField.h"
-#include "indent.h"
+#include "dcindent.h"
 
-#include <assert.h>
 
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ get_num_atomics() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 DCAtomicField *DCMolecularField::
 get_atomic(int n) const {
-  assert(n >= 0 && n < (int)_fields.size());
+  nassertr(n >= 0 && n < (int)_fields.size(), NULL);
   return _fields[n];
 }
 
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcMolecularField.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcMolecularField.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcMolecularField.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcMolecularField.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcParser.yxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcParser.yxx
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcParser.yxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcParser.yxx
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcParserDefs.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcParserDefs.h
similarity index 100%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcParserDefs.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcParserDefs.h
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcSubatomicType.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcSubatomicType.cxx
similarity index 95%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcSubatomicType.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcSubatomicType.cxx
index 0d65bdc42c..4cad5608ab 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcSubatomicType.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcSubatomicType.cxx
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ operator << (ostream &out, DCSubatomicType type) {
 
   case ST_uint32array:
     return out << "uint32array";
+
+  case ST_invalid:
+    return out << "invalid";
   }
 
   return out << "invalid type: " << (int)type;
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcSubatomicType.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcSubatomicType.h
similarity index 98%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/dcSubatomicType.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcSubatomicType.h
index f8573dd18c..278dca1644 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcSubatomicType.h
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcSubatomicType.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ enum DCSubatomicType {
   ST_int32array,
   ST_uint16array,
   ST_uint32array,
+
+  ST_invalid
 };
 END_PUBLISH
 
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparser/dcbase.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcbase.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e45e83b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcbase.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Filename: dcbase.h
+// Created by:  drose (05Oct00)
+// 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef DCBASE_H
+#define DCBASE_H
+
+// This file defines a few headers and stuff necessary for compilation
+// of the files in this directory.  This is different from most of the
+// other source directories within Panda, since the dcparser is
+// designed to be compilable outside of Panda (for use by the server
+// code).  Therefore, it must not depend on including any of the Panda
+// header files, and we have to duplicate some setup stuff here.
+
+#ifdef WITHIN_PANDA
+// On the other hand, if WITHIN_PANDA is defined, we *are* safely
+// within the Panda environment.
+
+#include <directbase.h>
+#include <notify.h>
+
+#else
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+/* C4786: 255 char debug symbols */
+#pragma warning (disable : 4786)
+/* C4503: decorated name length exceeded */
+#pragma warning (disable : 4503)
+#endif  /* WIN32_VC */
+
+#if defined(WIN32)
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#else
+#include <iostream.h>
+#include <fstream.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+// These header files are needed to compile dcLexer.cxx, the output
+// from flex.  flex doesn't create a perfectly windows-friendly source
+// file right out of the box.
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <io.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+using namespace std;
+
+// These symbols are used within the Panda environment for exporting
+// classes and functions to the scripting language.  They're largely
+// meaningless if we're not compiling within Panda.
+#define PUBLISHED public
+#define BEGIN_PUBLISH
+#define END_PUBLISH
+
+// Panda defines some assert-type macros.  We map those to the
+// standard assert macro outside of Panda.
+#define nassertr(condition, return_value) assert(condition)
+#define nassertv(condition) assert(condition)
+
+// Panda defines these export symbols for building DLL's.  Outside of
+// Panda, we assume we're not putting this code in a DLL, so we define
+// them to nothing.
+#define EXPCL_DIRECT
+#define EXPTP_DIRECT
+
+#endif  // WITHIN_PANDA
+
+#endif  // DCBASE_H
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/indent.cxx b/direct/src/dcparser/dcindent.cxx
similarity index 84%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/indent.cxx
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcindent.cxx
index 0ccd4d5ef4..363df48212 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/indent.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcindent.cxx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-// Filename: indent.cxx
+// Filename: dcindent.cxx
 // Created by:  drose (05May00)
 // 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#include "indent.h"
+#include "dcindent.h"
+
+#ifndef WITHIN_PANDA
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: indent 
@@ -16,3 +18,5 @@ indent(ostream &out, int indent_level) {
   }
   return out;
 }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/indent.h b/direct/src/dcparser/dcindent.h
similarity index 70%
rename from direct/src/dcparse/indent.h
rename to direct/src/dcparser/dcindent.h
index 13641019d6..1954fb0590 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/indent.h
+++ b/direct/src/dcparser/dcindent.h
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-// Filename: indent.h
+// Filename: dcindent.h
 // Created by:  drose (16Jan99)
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#ifndef INDENT_H
-#define INDENT_H
+#ifndef DCINDENT_H
+#define DCINDENT_H
 
 #include "dcbase.h"
 
-// We rename indent() so it won't clash with the similar function
-// defined in Panda.
-#define indent dcindent
+#ifdef WITHIN_PANDA
+// If we're compiling this within Panda, we use the function defined
+// there.
+#include <indent.h>
+
+#else
+// Otherwise, we must define it for ourselves.
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: indent
@@ -23,7 +27,6 @@
 ostream &
 indent(ostream &out, int indent_level);
 
-#endif
-
- 
+#endif  // WITHIN_PANDA
 
+#endif  // DCINDENT_H