diff --git a/c++/examples/chunks.cpp b/c++/examples/chunks.cpp
index 19718ac6b8..99f386bb94 100644
--- a/c++/examples/chunks.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/chunks.cpp
@@ -17,21 +17,25 @@
  *   We will read from the file created by extend.C
  */
 
-#include <string>
-
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 using namespace H5;
-#ifndef H5_NO_STD
-    using std::cout;
-    using std::endl;
-#endif  // H5_NO_STD
 #endif
 
 const string FILE_NAME( "SDSextendible.h5" );
diff --git a/c++/examples/compound.cpp b/c++/examples/compound.cpp
index 741586a8af..37df231383 100644
--- a/c++/examples/compound.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/compound.cpp
@@ -18,21 +18,25 @@
  * and read back fields' subsets.
  */
 
-#include <string>
-
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 using namespace H5;
-#ifndef H5_NO_STD
-    using std::cout;
-    using std::endl;
-#endif  // H5_NO_STD
 #endif
 
 const string FILE_NAME( "SDScompound.h5" );
diff --git a/c++/examples/create.cpp b/c++/examples/create.cpp
index de7dcc63e3..85afc895f0 100644
--- a/c++/examples/create.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/create.cpp
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@
  *  This example writes a dataset to a new HDF5 file.
  */
 
-#include <string>
-
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp b/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp
index a4cd0e1cad..5ec6448c5e 100644
--- a/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/extend_ds.cpp
@@ -19,21 +19,25 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <string>
-
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 using namespace H5;
-#ifndef H5_NO_STD
-    using std::cout;
-    using std::endl;
-#endif  // H5_NO_STD
 #endif
 
 const string FILE_NAME( "SDSextendible.h5" );
diff --git a/c++/examples/h5group.cpp b/c++/examples/h5group.cpp
index bb798b2c06..437ba17bcf 100644
--- a/c++/examples/h5group.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/h5group.cpp
@@ -20,21 +20,26 @@
  * Note that the C++ API iterator function is not completed yet, thus
  * the C version is used in this example.
  */
-#include <string>
 
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 using namespace H5;
-#ifndef H5_NO_STD
-    using std::cout;
-    using std::endl;
-#endif  // H5_NO_STD
 #endif
 
 const string	FILE_NAME( "Group.h5" );
diff --git a/c++/examples/readdata.cpp b/c++/examples/readdata.cpp
index 776c3229b0..8f00e33645 100644
--- a/c++/examples/readdata.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/readdata.cpp
@@ -18,21 +18,25 @@
 //      information about the dataset in the SDS.h5 file is obtained.
 //
 
-#include <string>
-
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 using namespace H5;
-#ifndef H5_NO_STD
-    using std::cout;
-    using std::endl;
-#endif  // H5_NO_STD
 #endif
 
 const string FILE_NAME( "SDS.h5" );
diff --git a/c++/examples/writedata.cpp b/c++/examples/writedata.cpp
index 89cf0b96e9..388939d1c9 100644
--- a/c++/examples/writedata.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/writedata.cpp
@@ -21,21 +21,25 @@
  *  file is closed. Program reopens the file and reads and displays the result.
  */
 
-#include <string>
-
 #ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
 #include <iostream.h>
 #else
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::string;
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
 #include "H5Cpp.h"
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 using namespace H5;
-#ifndef H5_NO_STD
-    using std::cout;
-    using std::endl;
-#endif  // H5_NO_STD
 #endif
 
 const string FILE_NAME( "Select.h5" );