diff --git a/src/helma/framework/core/RequestEvaluator.java b/src/helma/framework/core/RequestEvaluator.java
index af2a3014..09795ec5 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/core/RequestEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/core/RequestEvaluator.java
@@ -330,8 +330,6 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
 
                                     // set the req.action property, cutting off the _action suffix
                                     req.setAction(action);
-                                    // make sure we have a valid function name by replacing dots with underscores
-                                    action = action.replace('.', '_');
 
                                     // reset skin recursion detection counter
                                     skinDepth = 0;
@@ -344,7 +342,8 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
                                             scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement,
                                                     "onRequest",
                                                     new Object[0],
-                                                    ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT);
+                                                    ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT,
+                                                    false);
                                         }
                                     } catch (RedirectException redir) {
                                         throw redir;
@@ -360,13 +359,18 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
                                                 .getInputStream());
                                         Vector args = xreq.getParameters();
                                         args.add(0, xreq.getMethodName());
-                                        result = scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement, action,
-                                            args.toArray(), ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC);
+                                        result = scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement,
+                                                action,
+                                                args.toArray(),
+                                                ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC,
+                                                false);
                                         res.writeXmlRpcResponse(result);
                                     } else {
-                                        scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement, action,
-                                            new Object[0],
-                                            ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT);
+                                        scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement,
+                                                action,
+                                                new Object[0],
+                                                ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT,
+                                                false);
                                     }
                                 } catch (RedirectException redirect) {
                                     // if there is a message set, save it on the user object for the next request
@@ -420,8 +424,10 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
                                     // reset skin recursion detection counter
                                     skinDepth = 0;
 
-                                    result = scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement, functionName, args,
-                                            ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC);
+                                    result = scriptingEngine.invoke(currentElement,
+                                            functionName, args,
+                                            ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC,
+                                            false);
                                     commitTransaction();
                                 } catch (Exception x) {
                                     abortTransaction();
@@ -475,8 +481,11 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
                                         // reset skin recursion detection counter
                                         skinDepth = 0;
 
-                                        result = scriptingEngine.invoke(thisObject, functionName, args,
-                                                ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT);
+                                        result = scriptingEngine.invoke(thisObject,
+                                                functionName,
+                                                args,
+                                                ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT,
+                                                true);
                                         commitTransaction();
                                     } catch (Exception x) {
                                         abortTransaction();
@@ -836,7 +845,8 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
      */
     public Object invokeDirectFunction(Object obj, String functionName, Object[] args)
                                 throws Exception {
-        return scriptingEngine.invoke(obj, functionName, args, ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT);
+        return scriptingEngine.invoke(obj, functionName, args,
+                ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -961,7 +971,7 @@ public final class RequestEvaluator implements Runnable {
     private Object getChildElement(Object obj, String name) throws ScriptingException {
         if (scriptingEngine.hasFunction(obj, "getChildElement")) {
             return scriptingEngine.invoke(obj, "getChildElement", new Object[] {name},
-                                          ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT);
+                                          ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT, false);
         }
 
         if (obj instanceof IPathElement) {
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java b/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java
index a1503f84..39c2a644 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java
@@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ public interface ScriptingEngine {
      *                   one of <code>ARGS_WRAP_NONE</code>,
      *                          <code>ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT</code>,
      *                          <code>ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC</code>
+     * @param resolve indicates whether functionName may contain an object path
+     *                   or just the plain function name
      * @return the return value of the function
      * @throws ScriptingException to indicate something went wrong
      *                   with the invocation
      */
     public Object invoke(Object thisObject, String functionName,
-                         Object[] args, int argsWrapMode)
+                         Object[] args, int argsWrapMode, boolean resolve)
             throws ScriptingException;
 
 
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/HopObject.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/HopObject.java
index a75987de..bacb2f16 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/HopObject.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/HopObject.java
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ public class HopObject extends ScriptableObject implements Wrapper, PropertyReco
 
             hobj.init(core, node);
             if (proto != null) {
-                engine.invoke(hobj, "__constructor__", args, ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_NONE);
+                engine.invoke(hobj,
+                        "__constructor__",
+                        args, ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_NONE,
+                        false);
             }
 
             return hobj;
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/PhantomEngine.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/PhantomEngine.java
index 070798d3..8127e310 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/PhantomEngine.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/PhantomEngine.java
@@ -28,11 +28,27 @@ import helma.scripting.ScriptingException;
  * @see helma.main.launcher.FilteredClassLoader
  */
 public final class PhantomEngine extends RhinoEngine {
+
     /**
+     * Invoke a function on some object, using the given arguments and global vars.
+     * XML-RPC calls require special input and output parameter conversion.
      *
+     * @param thisObject the object to invoke the function on, or null for
+     *                   global functions
+     * @param functionName the name of the function to be invoked
+     * @param args array of argument objects
+     * @param argsWrapMode indicated the way to process the arguments. Must be
+     *                   one of <code>ARGS_WRAP_NONE</code>,
+     *                          <code>ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT</code>,
+     *                          <code>ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC</code>
+     * @param resolve indicates whether functionName may contain an object path
+     *                   or just the plain function name
+     * @return the return value of the function
+     * @throws ScriptingException to indicate something went wrong
+     *                   with the invocation
      */
     public Object invoke(Object thisObject, String functionName, Object[] args,
-                         int argsWrapMode) throws ScriptingException {
-        return super.invoke(thisObject, functionName, args, argsWrapMode);
+                         int argsWrapMode, boolean resolve) throws ScriptingException {
+        return super.invoke(thisObject, functionName, args, argsWrapMode, resolve);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoCore.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoCore.java
index 72b62153..be864b46 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoCore.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoCore.java
@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ public final class RhinoCore implements ScopeProvider {
                     try {
                         result = engine.invoke(handler, hrefFunction,
                                                new Object[] { basicHref },
-                                               ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT);
+                                               ScriptingEngine.ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT,
+                                               false);
                     } catch (ScriptingException x) {
                         throw new EvaluatorException("Error in hrefFunction: " + x);
                     }
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java
index e1d4d8ff..00316fc6 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java
@@ -255,16 +255,24 @@ public class RhinoEngine implements ScriptingEngine {
 
     /**
      * Invoke a function on some object, using the given arguments and global vars.
+     * XML-RPC calls require special input and output parameter conversion.
+     *
+     * @param thisObject the object to invoke the function on, or null for
+     *                   global functions
+     * @param functionName the name of the function to be invoked
+     * @param args array of argument objects
+     * @param argsWrapMode indicated the way to process the arguments. Must be
+     *                   one of <code>ARGS_WRAP_NONE</code>,
+     *                          <code>ARGS_WRAP_DEFAULT</code>,
+     *                          <code>ARGS_WRAP_XMLRPC</code>
+     * @param resolve indicates whether functionName may contain an object path
+     *                   or just the plain function name
+     * @return the return value of the function
+     * @throws ScriptingException to indicate something went wrong
+     *                   with the invocation
      */
     public Object invoke(Object thisObject, String functionName, Object[] args,
-                         int argsWrapMode) throws ScriptingException {
-        Scriptable eso = null;
-
-        if (thisObject == null) {
-            eso = global;
-        } else {
-            eso = Context.toObject(thisObject, global);
-        }
+                         int argsWrapMode, boolean resolve) throws ScriptingException {
         try {
             for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                 switch (argsWrapMode) {
@@ -279,15 +287,37 @@ public class RhinoEngine implements ScriptingEngine {
                         args[i] = core.processXmlRpcArgument(args[i]);
                         break;
                 }
-            }
 
-            Object f = ScriptableObject.getProperty(eso, functionName.replace('.', '_'));
+            }
+            Scriptable obj = thisObject == null ? global : Context.toObject(thisObject, global);
+
+            // if function name should be resolved interpret it as member expression,
+            // otherwise replace dots with underscores.
+            if (resolve) {
+                if (functionName.indexOf('.') > 0) {
+                    StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(functionName, ".");
+                    for (int i=0; i<st.countTokens()-1; i++) {
+                        String propName = st.nextToken();
+                        Object propValue = ScriptableObject.getProperty(obj, propName);
+                        if (propValue instanceof Scriptable) {
+                            obj = (Scriptable) propValue;
+                        } else {
+                            throw new RuntimeException("Can't resolve function name " +
+                                    functionName + " in " + thisObject);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    functionName = st.nextToken();
+                }
+            } else {
+                functionName = functionName.replace('.', '_');
+            }
+            Object f = ScriptableObject.getProperty(obj, functionName);
 
             if ((f == ScriptableObject.NOT_FOUND) || !(f instanceof Function)) {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            Object retval = ((Function) f).call(context, global, eso, args);
+            Object retval = ((Function) f).call(context, global, obj, args);
 
             if (retval instanceof Wrapper) {
                 retval = ((Wrapper) retval).unwrap();
@@ -372,16 +402,18 @@ public class RhinoEngine implements ScriptingEngine {
      * is a java object) with that name.
      */
     public boolean hasFunction(Object obj, String fname) {
+        // Convert '.' to '_' in function name
+        fname = fname.replace('.', '_');
         // Treat HopObjects separately - otherwise we risk to fetch database
         // references/child objects just to check for function properties.
         if (obj instanceof INode) {
             String protoname = ((INode) obj).getPrototype();
-            return core.hasFunction(protoname, fname.replace('.', '_'));
+            return core.hasFunction(protoname, fname);
         }
 
         Scriptable op = obj == null ? global : Context.toObject(obj, global);
 
-        Object func = ScriptableObject.getProperty(op, fname.replace('.', '_'));
+        Object func = ScriptableObject.getProperty(op, fname);
 
         if (func != null && func != Undefined.instance && func instanceof Function) {
             return true;
@@ -395,7 +427,6 @@ public class RhinoEngine implements ScriptingEngine {
      * is a java object) with that name.
      */
     public Object get(Object obj, String propname) {
-        // System.err.println ("GET: "+propname);
         if ((obj == null) || (propname == null)) {
             return null;
         }