Yeah downloaded the eqitems program. FOr some reason it's giving me the "failed to connect to database" error. I am making sure I register all the OCX files and such, installing directx and all the other crap I can think of, I have the ODBC setup correctly cause the other tools work from GeorgeS, so I will work it out... I'm sure I just missed something simple.
I can't wait for a more intuitive item creator. I have ran WoW servers as well, and there are MANY PHP based item creators online that do this, and generate an SQL file for you to source into your database. Very handy. It used to be at wow-v but I guess they merged at some time, and now it's here:
http://www.wowitemcreator.com/
Very cool idea though. If I have any trouble with GeorgeS tools I will come back and search for the answer again before posting. Thanks all for your help.