Hi I have a C# application that uses Crystal Reports 10. I developed a setup project with Visual Studio. For the Crystal Reports, I added the CrystalReports merge module to the setup. When installing version 1.0 of my softare, everything works fine. The appliation and the Crystal Reports are installed on the target machine. Now I have to deploy version 1.1 of the application. When I first remove version 1.0 and then install version 1.1 still everything is fine. But when I don't uninstall 1.0 first and install version 1.1, the new version of my application is installed, but the Crystal Report dll's are removed from the system! :( Any idea why it removes the Crystal dll's when I update? thanx Claudio Claudio's Website

Mike Mullikin wrote: I guess my question also addresses the EU constitution. If not solely for economic clout what is the point of an EU constitution? Honestly... why should French law be the same as German, or Swedish, or Spanish? I don't think there is one, apart from the emperors who tried to get the whole Europe into one large empire (the Romans, Napoleon, Hitler). Mike Mullikin wrote: Maybe I'm missing something. What piece of world history destines European countries to unite into one? Well I think because the European Union is not just a union for economy. It's a political union with, I think, the far goal to unite Europe into one country, kind of like the USA. And of course for a political union or a country you need a constitution. As most countries have. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

That's why I don't like the political system of Germany. Doesn't matter how important something is, you, the people are never asked about it. Ok, now this fall you have unplanned elections, but generally your government always decides everything. I can't understand that. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

btlman wrote: I can understand why people want their representatives to vote for them I can't understand that. How can people be so desinterested in the future of their country? Here in Switzerland, we have referendum polls four times a year. In total we have I'd say about 20 referendums a year. I really like that. Because politicians normally change their behavior as soon as they are elected. So having all these referendums allows people in Switzerland to always keep a finger on what the politicians are doing. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

K(arl) wrote: Yeah, that's the thing I like in Switzerland. Question is, with 4 polls a year, is the turnout sufficient or are the people 'bored' to vote? Let's say it this way: On average the turnout is under 50%, around 45%. But this 45% really are interested in politics and prepare for the votes by studying all the information in newspaper, tv, leaflets from the different parties, etc. And every mathematician can proof that 45% is more than enough to be representativ. When we vote on very important topics, like when we voted for joining the UNO or when we have votes on special contracts we have with the European Union, than it's over 50% sometimes over 60%. But of course it's not the same turnout as in other countries where you have one election every four or so year and maybe one local referndum per year, where you often have turnouts of over 80%. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

K(arl) wrote: 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 7? ok. The Christ Democratic Party has only one member in the council. K(arl) wrote: Is that really democratic? Sounds rather like some kind of elit decides for the people No, the oposite is true. We have the council with the seven members. You can compare that to Mr. Bush and all the other guys like Rumsfeld, Cheney and so. Than we have the parlament with two chambers (together more than 200 members). So quite the same as in other countries. This are the differences: While Bush, Rumsfeld, Rice etc. are all from the same party, or in Germany Schröder, Fischer etc. are all from the left wing, in our country they are from left and right. Liberals, Socialists, Convervativs all together. And the biggest difference compared to most other countries: In our country every really important change to laws or any other really important decisions (like building new nuclear power plant or buy new aircrafts for the army) is decided by public polls! We have public polls 4 times a year so the people have to decide about 20 really important things a year by themselfs! It's not the government that decides. Compare that to other countries. In a lot of European countries the people are not even asked about the new European constitution! Their government just decide! So our system is really very democratic! Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Mike Mullikin wrote: So to be in a posision to really rule the contry in an efficient way the majority of the members in both chambers should be from the same party as the chancellor... Well, that's just what they think in Germany. That's not my personal opinion. Mike Mullikin wrote: I've always felt the best US governments occur when the POTUS and the congress are of different parties. Spending slows and compromise is forced. Basically it provides a balance not there when one party dominates a government. My country has a complete different system. Our federal council consist of seven members. 2 are from the Social Party, 2 are from the Christ Democratic Party, 2 are from the Liberal Party (liberal in the original meaning) and 2 are from the very Conservative Party. And the two chambers of the parliament are as well mainly constituted from members of this four parties. So in my country, most things the government does has a wide acceptance by the public because the four most important parties already agreed on it (and thus it's a compromise everone can cope with). Ok, sometimes things are a bit slow because they have to find all those compromises, but I like it. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Well, the Germans have a two chambers system a bit like the one you Americans have (Senat and Representative chamber), but different anyway. The members of the more important chamber (the parliament) are elected by the public every four year. All laws are decided by this chamber. The members of the second chamber are representatives of the German states. They have to agree on some decisions made in the parliament chamber or this decisions are blocked. So to be in a posision to really rule the contry in an efficient way the majority of the members in both chambers should be from the same party as the chancellor (thus from the Social Democratic Party at the moment). But chancellor Schröder's Social Party only has the majority in the parliament chamber at the moment. But since last year haven't had the majority in the representative chamber. Thus a lot of decisions where the representative chamber has to agree with the parliament chamber are blocked. So it's quite difficult to rule the country now for chancellor Schröder. And because the majority in the representative chamber for the Christ Democratic Party grew and grew and grew in the last 12 month it got more and more difficult. So the chancellor wants new elections now to see which party is supported by the people and let this party reign the country. (I'm not from Germany, so not all details may have been correct, maybe Peterchen want to comment on that...) Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

What the hell means "Bloom County"? (Sorry, I'm from Switzerland. My English is not that good) Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Full ACK. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Tomaž Štih wrote: He won because he managed to mobilise his party base with outright attacks on US President George W. Bush. That's only part of the story. At the same time (just some weeks before the election) they had a really huge flood in East Germany. Catastrophs are alwyas good for the chancellor/president because there they can show activism and how much they help the people. That gave him much more votes then the Anti-America thing. But sure, partially you (or better the guy who wrote the article) is right. Tomaž Štih wrote: The same is happening again, only worse. Franz Müntefering, the chairman of Mr Schröder’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), has managed to combine the three big As in a single campaign for the forthcoming state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s largest state. He compared foreign financial investors to ‘locusts’ — the kind of language that the Nazis used to describe Jews. Well, at least he tried. You posted this article on 26th of May. But the election in North Rhine-Westphalia was on 22th of May. And the social democratic party of Franz Müntefering had a historical loss. As a result the social democratic party plans elections for the national parliament this fall (one year earlier than the regular schedule). But in general I must fully agree with the author. It's really a catastroph what happens in Germany and partly in France as well. That's why I enjoy living in the center of Europe but outside the European Union. But my country is really dependent on the German economy because most of our exports are to Germany. So we (and the rest of Europe as well) would really need a better German economy. So let's hope the elections this fall in Germany bring some change and the German people somewhen understand that they cannot just leave from social security. Chancellor Schröder already made some interesting reforms (like Hartz IV) going in the right direction. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Stan Shannon wrote: In fact, I think that I am a "liberal" in the original meaning of that word - ie someone who believes that government should be small and non-intrusive and that people should be free to live their own lives in their own way. That's what I think of me too. And that's why I always feel a bit offended when you use what seems to be todays American version of the world "liberal". But at least I know now why you use that word this way. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Why do I always get the impressions in your posts that you think "liberalism" is the same as "socialism"? Just to let you know, it is NOT! At least not here in Europe. People believing in "liberalism" are far away from thinking that government is responsible for everything and should help/pay everyone. Indeed, it's the other way round. People believing in "liberalism" at first believe that everybody is free to do what ever he wants (as long as he stays within the laws) but therefore also everybody is responsible for his own life and also some basic stuff should be covered by government. What is completly different to what socialists think. So why are you always mixing those things up? Of course, as socialist do, liberal people have quite different opinions than politicians like George W. Bush (for example according the connection of religion and government), so they have some common things that seem to be oposite to your own believes, but that doesn't make them the same. So can you please stop messing things up and putting us liberals into the same pot as you put socialists? thanx Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Ok. The thing got a bit clearer now. They changed the copyright beneith the article. It's now not Article copyright © 2005 Claudio Grazioli, Shoeisha Co., Ltd. anymore but Article copyright © 2005 Jupitermedia Corporation. Jupitermedia Corporation is the media company behind CodeGuru. My article is published there as well, so it looks as if they took the article not from CodeProject but from CodeGuru. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

hey - I think he looks friendly :-D Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Well this whole "intelligent design" stuff is so crazy. But what I find most crazy is how many people in the US beliefe this "intelligent design" stuff and want things like the Darwin theory be banned from schools and that they even sometimes are successful with the banning Darwin. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Thank you Chris. I think it is a good idea that you official people from CodeProject contact them. Because I really think that is a CodeProject issue, not my personal issue, if someone starts to steel/copy content from CodeProject. I'm wondering what/if they answer you. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

geoneoration wrote: they have to ask your permission first before translat Well, you know, for me, anyhow it's ok if they translate and publish it (in the end, the more people that publish my article, the more known my control will be, so that's ok for me). What I think is not ok is to steel articles from CodeProject just so. If there is an official partnership between this site and CodeProject, ok, but just steeling it? If they want to profit from CodeProject, at least they should be a big sponsor of CodeProject (like paying some more severs and paying a broader internet connection ;)) or something like this. So no, I won't contact them but I think it is a good idea from Chris that he is contacting them to sort things out. Because I think this is a CodeProject issue, not my personal issue, if someone starts to steel content from CodeProject (infact, they even copied the formatting of the article). Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Well I don't think I would be allowed to sell my personal German translation of the newest Dan Brown novel and would have the copyright of the translation just because I translated it. The copyright stays with the original author. The translater doesn't have the copyright of the translation. At least in my understanding of the law. Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

I just found a Japanese (maybe it's another asian language, but for me it looks like Japanese) translation of my codeproject article about a nullable DateTimePicker[^] on CodeZine[^], what seems to be a Japanese source code website. At the end of the article they even write Article copyright © 2005 Claudio Grazioli, Shoeisha Co., Ltd. Well, Claudio Grazioli is my name, so of course yes, I have the copyright. But Shoeisha Co., Ltd seems to be the owner of the webpage and no, they don't have the copyright. :sigh: Well, basically, I don't have a problem that they have translated and published my article. After all, it's open source and I gave it to the community. So the community is free to do with it whatever. But at least the copyright information seems a bit strange to me. I also mean, they could have contacted me before publishing the article and ask for an ok or something. Well, that just seems to be the nature of the Internet... Claudio Claudio's Website Hommingberger Gepardenforelle