diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonComponentWalker.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonComponentWalker.cs
index 43441a703e..0e327d81f5 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonComponentWalker.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonComponentWalker.cs
@@ -292,11 +292,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PythonBinding
 		/// </summary>
 		void WalkMethodCall(CallExpression node)
 		{
-			if (node.Args.Length == 0) {
-				// Ignore method calls with no parameters.
-				return;
-			}
-			
 			// Try to get the object being called. Try the form first then
 			// look for other controls.
 			object member = PythonControlFieldExpression.GetMember(component, node);
@@ -308,10 +303,40 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PythonBinding
 			// Execute the method on the object.
 			if (member != null) {
 				object[] args = deserializer.GetArguments(node).ToArray();
-				member.GetType().InvokeMember(field.MethodName, BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, Type.DefaultBinder, member, args);	
+				InvokeMethod(member, field.MethodName, args);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		void InvokeMethod(object obj, string name, object[] args)
+		{
+			Type type = obj.GetType();
+			try {
+				type.InvokeMember(name, BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, Type.DefaultBinder, obj, args);
+			} catch (MissingMethodException ex) {
+				// Look for an explicitly implemented interface.
+				MethodInfo method = FindInterfaceMethod(type, name);
+				if (method != null) {
+					method.Invoke(obj, args);
+				} else {
+					throw ex;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Looks for an explicitly implemented interface.
+		/// </summary>
+		MethodInfo FindInterfaceMethod(Type type, string name)
+		{
+			string nameMatch = "." + name;
+			foreach (MethodInfo method in type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance)) {
+				if (method.Name.EndsWith(nameMatch)) {
+					return method;
+				}
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Creates a new instance with the specified name.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonControlFieldExpression.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonControlFieldExpression.cs
index 0fa5d82b04..5d50564bd5 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonControlFieldExpression.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Project/Src/PythonControlFieldExpression.cs
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PythonBinding
 				obj = componentCreator.GetInstance(variableName);
 				if (obj == null) {
 					obj = GetInheritedObject(memberName, componentCreator.RootComponent);
+					if ((obj == null) && !IsSelfReference) {
+						obj = componentCreator.GetInstance(fullMemberName);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			
@@ -352,7 +355,10 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PythonBinding
 		public static object GetMember(object obj, CallExpression expression)
 		{
 			string[] memberNames = GetMemberNames(expression.Target as MemberExpression);
-			return GetMember(obj, memberNames, 1, memberNames.Length - 2);
+			if (ContainsSelfReference(memberNames)) {
+				return GetMember(obj, memberNames, 1, memberNames.Length - 2);
+			}
+			return null;
 		}
 		
 		/// <summary>
@@ -361,7 +367,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PythonBinding
 		/// <param name="startIndex">The point at which to start looking in the memberNames.</param>
 		/// <param name="endIndex">The last memberNames item to look at.</param>
 		static object GetMember(object obj, string[] memberNames, int startIndex, int endIndex)
-		{
+		{			
 			for (int i = startIndex; i <= endIndex; ++i) {
 				Type type = obj.GetType();
 				string name = memberNames[i];
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/Designer/CallBeginInitOnLoadTestFixture.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/Designer/CallBeginInitOnLoadTestFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b650eb79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/Designer/CallBeginInitOnLoadTestFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// <file>
+//     <copyright see="prj:///doc/copyright.txt"/>
+//     <license see="prj:///doc/license.txt"/>
+//     <owner name="Matthew Ward" email="mrward@users.sourceforge.net"/>
+//     <version>$Revision$</version>
+// </file>
+
+using System;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using ICSharpCode.PythonBinding;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using PythonBinding.Tests.Utils;
+
+namespace PythonBinding.Tests.Designer
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tests that the control's BeginInit and EndInit methods are called.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class CallBeginInitOnLoadTestFixture : LoadFormTestFixtureBase
+	{		
+		public override string PythonCode {
+			get {
+				ComponentCreator.AddType("PythonBinding.Tests.Utils.SupportInitCustomControl", typeof(SupportInitCustomControl));
+				
+				return "class TestForm(System.Windows.Forms.Form):\r\n" +
+							"    def InitializeComponent(self):\r\n" +
+							"        self._control = PythonBinding.Tests.Utils.SupportInitCustomControl()\r\n" +
+							"        self._control.BeginInit()\r\n" +
+							"        localVariable = PythonBinding.Tests.Utils.SupportInitCustomControl()\r\n" +
+							"        localVariable.BeginInit()\r\n" +
+							"        self.SuspendLayout()\r\n" +
+							"        # \r\n" +
+							"        # TestForm\r\n" +
+							"        # \r\n" +
+							"        self.AccessibleRole = System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleRole.None\r\n" +
+							"        self.Controls.Add(self._control)\r\n" +
+							"        self.Name = \"TestForm\"\r\n" +
+							"        self._control.EndInit()\r\n" +
+							"        localVariable.EndInit()\r\n" +
+							"        self.ResumeLayout(False)\r\n";
+			}
+		}
+	
+		public SupportInitCustomControl Control {
+			get { return Form.Controls[0] as SupportInitCustomControl; }
+		}
+		
+		public SupportInitCustomControl LocalControl {
+			get { return base.ComponentCreator.GetInstance("localVariable") as SupportInitCustomControl; }
+		}
+			
+		[Test]
+		public void BeginInitCalled()
+		{
+			Assert.IsTrue(Control.IsBeginInitCalled);
+		}
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void EndInitCalled()
+		{
+			Assert.IsTrue(Control.IsEndInitCalled);
+		}
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void BeginInitCalledOnLocalVariable()
+		{
+			Assert.IsTrue(LocalControl.IsBeginInitCalled);
+		}
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void EndInitCalledOnLocalVariable()
+		{
+			Assert.IsTrue(LocalControl.IsEndInitCalled);
+		}		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/PythonBinding.Tests.csproj b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/PythonBinding.Tests.csproj
index 6f1ece3ef0..9c26ae483e 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/PythonBinding.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/PythonBinding.Tests.csproj
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Converter\XmlDocCommentConversionTestFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DebugPythonCommandTestFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Designer\AppendNullPropertyValueTestFixture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Designer\CallBeginInitOnLoadTestFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Designer\ConvertCustomClassUsingTypeConverterTestFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Designer\CursorTypeResolutionTestFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Designer\DeserializeAssignmentTestFixtureBase.cs" />
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Parsing\AddInvalidSourceSpanToErrorSinkTestFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utils\NullPropertyUserControl.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utils\PythonParserHelper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Utils\SupportInitCustomControl.cs" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Designer\App.ico" />
     <None Include="TODO.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/Utils/SupportInitCustomControl.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/Utils/SupportInitCustomControl.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3038f002c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/Python/PythonBinding/Test/Utils/SupportInitCustomControl.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// <file>
+//     <copyright see="prj:///doc/copyright.txt"/>
+//     <license see="prj:///doc/license.txt"/>
+//     <owner name="Matthew Ward" email="mrward@users.sourceforge.net"/>
+//     <version>$Revision$</version>
+// </file>
+
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace PythonBinding.Tests.Utils
+{
+	public class SupportInitCustomControl : UserControl, ISupportInitialize
+	{
+		bool beginInitCalled;
+		bool endInitCalled;
+		
+		public SupportInitCustomControl()
+		{
+		}
+		
+		[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
+		[Browsable(false)]
+		public bool IsBeginInitCalled {
+			get { return beginInitCalled; }
+		}
+
+		[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
+		[Browsable(false)]
+		public bool IsEndInitCalled {
+			get { return endInitCalled; }
+		}
+		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Deliberately making the interface explicit for the BeginInit method but not the EndInit method.
+		/// </summary>
+		void ISupportInitialize.BeginInit()
+		{
+			beginInitCalled = true;
+		}
+		
+		public void EndInit()
+		{
+			endInitCalled = true;
+		}		
+	}
+}