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CreateObject: COM object

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.

A COM object.

CreateObject(type, class, context, serverName)

ReleaseComObject, cfobject

Parameter	Description
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.

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 Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications in Developing ColdFusion MX Applications.


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