diff --git a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/AbstractDesignerGenerator.cs b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/AbstractDesignerGenerator.cs
index c956185330..efb7263be1 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/AbstractDesignerGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/AbstractDesignerGenerator.cs
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.FormsDesigner
 			LoggingService.Debug("Forms designer: AbstractDesignerGenerator.InsertComponentEvent: eventMethodName=" + eventMethodName);
 			
 			foreach (IMethod method in completeClass.Methods) {
-				if (method.Name == eventMethodName) {
+				if (CompareMethodNames(method.Name, eventMethodName)) {
 					file = method.DeclaringType.CompilationUnit.FileName;
 					OpenedFile openedFile = FileService.GetOpenedFile(file);
 					IDocument doc;
@@ -513,6 +513,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.FormsDesigner
 			return true;
 		}
 		
+		protected virtual bool CompareMethodNames(string strA, string strB)
+		{
+			return strA == strB;
+		}
+		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets a method implementing the signature specified by the event descriptor
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/VBNetDesignerGenerator.cs b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/VBNetDesignerGenerator.cs
index b616f24000..84db65416e 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/VBNetDesignerGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/FormsDesigner/Project/Src/DesignerGenerator/VBNetDesignerGenerator.cs
@@ -67,5 +67,10 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.FormsDesigner
 			}
 			return v.Text;
 		}
+		
+		protected override bool CompareMethodNames(string strA, string strB)
+		{
+			return String.Compare(strA, strB, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) == 0;
+		}
 	}
 }