--- a/dialogs/SearchInProjectDialog.py	Sun Oct 09 23:31:50 2011 +0200
+++ b/dialogs/SearchInProjectDialog.py	Mon Oct 10 02:22:26 2011 +0200
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@
             self.ElementsList.Append(_(label))
 
     def GetCriteria(self):
-        raw_pattern = self.Pattern.GetValue()
+        raw_pattern = pattern = self.Pattern.GetValue()
         if not self.CaseSensitive.GetValue():
-            pattern = raw_pattern.upper()
+            pattern = pattern.upper()
         if not self.RegularExpression.GetValue():
-            pattern = EscapeText(raw_pattern)
+            pattern = EscapeText(pattern)
         criteria = {
             "raw_pattern": raw_pattern, 
             "pattern": re.compile(pattern),