I am in the process of evaluating Minisoft's ODBC/32 and I have already
evaluated MB Fosters ODBCLink.  The main reason I focused on these two is
the ability to access my IMAGE databases with native calls.  The PC based
tools I am using are Crystal Reports, Excel, Access, etc.  The problem I am
having is the complexity of the IMAGE databases.  I would like to be able to
create "views" of the data that pre-link the appropriate files and only show
the needed fields.  Then when my "end user" uses their PC based tools they
would use a appropriate "view" (a simplified view of the database).  I'm
pretty sure I can do this if I defined a DBE layer for my IMAGE databases
but I would rather not do that.  Does anybody know of another approach?
 Perhaps something at the PC level that would allow me to continue to access
the databases natively?

Thanx,
   Jon Backus
   HP Systems Manager
   AB&C Group