I take it that the new Data Report in VB6 is meant to replace Crystal. How
does it compare?
Can it access ODBC databases like Oracle , or Informix easily? How do the
drivers compare? Any other pros/cons v. Crystal?

So far, I'm not very impressed with the VB6 Report Designer.  Little things,
such changing the orientation of the report seem to be impossible and there
is nothing in the MSDN about this.  Worse yet, no one in this group seems to
know anything about this.  I posted the question twice, but got no response
(I guess people here are too busy trying to find API calls that roll down
your car window if it is raining).  For now, I'm sticking with Crystal
(Which is still available on the Visual Studio 6 disks.  You just have to
look for it.)  Crystal Reports seems to be the report generator of choice.