diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 399c4c2..12cac92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 ################################
 # set lib version here
 
-set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "1.0.13")
+set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "1.0.14")
 set(GENERIC_LIB_SOVERSION "1")
 
 
diff --git a/dox b/dox
index 2413b2e..10878f4 100755
--- a/dox
+++ b/dox
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "TinyXML-2"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.0.13
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.0.14
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 0338beb..cb26e00 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -1270,6 +1270,47 @@ void	XMLElement::SetText( const char* inText )
 	}
 }
 
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( int v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( unsigned v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( bool v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( float v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( double v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
 XMLError XMLElement::QueryIntText( int* ival ) const
 {
     if ( FirstChild() && FirstChild()->ToText() ) {
diff --git a/tinyxml2.h b/tinyxml2.h
index 2330ab9..41f1c70 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/tinyxml2.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ inline int TIXML_SNPRINTF( char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ... )
 
 static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 1;
 static const int TIXML2_MINOR_VERSION = 0;
-static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 13;
+static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 14;
 
 namespace tinyxml2
 {
@@ -1403,7 +1403,17 @@ public:
     		<foo>Hullaballoo!</foo>
     	@endverbatim
     */
-	void	SetText( const char* inText );
+	void SetText( const char* inText );
+    /// Convenince method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( int value );
+    /// Convenince method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( unsigned value );  
+    /// Convenince method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( bool value );  
+    /// Convenince method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( double value );  
+    /// Convenince method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( float value );  
 
     /**
     	Convenience method to query the value of a child text node. This is probably best
@@ -1465,6 +1475,7 @@ private:
     //void LinkAttribute( XMLAttribute* attrib );
     char* ParseAttributes( char* p );
 
+    enum { BUF_SIZE = 200 };
     int _closingType;
     // The attribute list is ordered; there is no 'lastAttribute'
     // because the list needs to be scanned for dupes before adding
diff --git a/xmltest.cpp b/xmltest.cpp
index 8af4e32..6fdc162 100644
--- a/xmltest.cpp
+++ b/xmltest.cpp
@@ -647,6 +647,28 @@ int main( int argc, const char ** argv )
 		
 		element->SetText("wolves");
 		XMLTest( "SetText() prefix to nested non-text children.", "wolves", element->GetText() );
+
+		str = "<foo/>";
+		doc.Parse( str );
+		element = doc.RootElement();
+		
+		element->SetText( "str" );
+		XMLTest( "SetText types", "str", element->GetText() );
+
+		element->SetText( 1 );
+		XMLTest( "SetText types", "1", element->GetText() );
+
+		element->SetText( 1U );
+		XMLTest( "SetText types", "1", element->GetText() );
+
+		element->SetText( true );
+		XMLTest( "SetText types", "1", element->GetText() ); // TODO: should be 'true'?
+
+		element->SetText( 1.5f );
+		XMLTest( "SetText types", "1.5", element->GetText() );
+
+		element->SetText( 1.5 );
+		XMLTest( "SetText types", "1.5", element->GetText() );
 	}