Crystal Reports Macros - grabbing data outside of DB

Hello all,
Here is some background:
I have a database that is storing audit events from Novell's eDirectory. The information it contains has the user dn, however it doesn't contain the first name or last name of the user dn in question. Is there anyway that I can have a macro called to grab the information I need that isn't in the DB?
So in essence, I would like to do dynamic look ups in either an Active Directory tree or eDirectory tree depending on the entry I get back. Is this feasible? Or am I only limited to pulling data from the database?
Any enlightenment appreciated!
Thanks
Edited by: Dean Liu on Feb 27, 2009 12:58 AM

No, Crystal has no option to do this. You could write a UFL, post your question to the Developement forum for help on writing one, or use the database query or tool to get the info into the DB. If you can export it to a text file CR can report off of CRV files types.

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