Does anyone use a database reporting tool other than Crystal Reports?
We at Emory University have been trying to make a slide label report for
about a year now, and we just can't overcome some of the formatting
limitations in Crystal Reports to make labels that are satisfactory.  We
print a lot of information on each slide label, which requires a very
flexible database reporting tool and good formatting controls.  We have
an old slide label printing program called VRMS that works extremely
well and has flexible formatting, but we can not replicate its
usefulness in Crystal, despite a lot of training and time spent.

Microsoft Access does have the kind of flexibility we need, but does not
communicate with an Oracle database well (which is what we are working
with).  If there are other useful database reporting tools that you know
of, particularly if there are any that are specialized in the area of
slide cataloguing, I would welcome your guidance.

Sincerely,

David Lower
Business Analyst, Emory ITD
404-727-5115