U haven't played with it too much yet, but my understanding is that the
bundled Crystal Reports program with the CF Server component can come close
to doing a *ok* job with labels......I used an old version of the program
and I think it might fly..anyone else putzed with it?
Eric J Hoffman
Director of Internet Initiatives
Meagher & Geer, PLLP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew
Soffen
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 12:04 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WC:>: application development - pre/post net
I know the feeling. We are currently converting a large
"commitee roster" from a DB living on a VAX to mySQL and an
Access application using an mySQL ODBC Driver for printing
mailing labels, etc.
We are using CGI for 99 % of this but doing Lables on a browser
is not gonna happen. You might try this solution (run mySQL on
the solaris and do the apps on the NT/95 in Access and on the
Solaris box in cgi/C++ or Perl).
At 12:19 PM 10/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Peter,
>
>I've found myself in a similar situation and haven't found the perfect
>solution. Currently we have a database on our intranet that has the email
>addresses of various people we send stuff to. This was a Q&D (quick and
>dirty) kludge that I threw together for the marketing people that has now
>grown way past its original specs and needs reworking. They also have a
>contact management database on an old mainframe which is being replaced.
>This contact management system started off as a membership style database
>that then had a bunch of stuff slapped onto it. The new system which they
>are implementing for their bibliographic database is on a solaris system
>(software is STAR by Cuadra). While STAR is great for the library
>application, it doesn't have the necessary *connectors* to easily print
>labels, fax or email directly from it.
>
>All this to bring me back to the real requirement which is: contact
>management system that is also a marketing database which needs to:
>* track email to and from clients and potential clients
>* track faxes sent to clients
>* track info packages sent to clients
>* track relationships between clients (ie. 3-4 contacts in different areas
>of a university but still must be treated as "contacting that university")
>* be in a format that can easily be exported should we switch applications
>later
>* print labels for particular groups and record the action
>* send faxes to particular groups and record action
>* send email to particular groups and record action
>
>I've looked at various solutions and they all fail to meet all of my
>requirements, though they all handle some aspect really well. I can't see
>this as being a new need and there's got to be something out there that
>handles all this. Sure I could write something, but given my usual
>workload, this isn't going to happen anytime soon.
>
>The network is NT and WIN95 with one SunUltra running Solaris (old system
>was HP3000). If you run across something interesting let me know. I'd
>even settle for close and can be modified.
Matt Soffen
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