CreateObject: COM Object |
Description
The CreateObject function can create a Component Object Model (COM) object.
To create a COM object, you must provide this information: The object's program ID or filename The methods and properties available to the object through the IDispatch interface The arguments and return types of the object's methods
For most objects, you can get this information from the OLEView utility.
Note: | On UNIX, this function does not support COM objects.
Returns
A COM object.
Function syntax
    CreateObject(type, class, context, serverName)
See also
ReleaseComObject, cfobject
Usage
The following example creates the Windows Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) for NTS NewMail object to send mail. You would use this code within a cfscript tag.
    Mailer = CreateObject("COM", "CDONTS.NewMail");
For more information, see Chapter 34, "Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications," in Developing ColdFusion MX Applications.

type |
Type of object to create. com corba java component webservice

class |
Component ProgID for the object to invoke

context |
InProc Local Remote

serverName |
Server name, using UNC or DNS convention, in one of these forms: \\lanserver lanserver http://www.servername.com www.servername.com 127.0.0.1
If context = "remote", this parameter is required.