Mark, I had thought this would be the answer but I was getting a NullPointerException. There must be some other issue with my code. The CF way of referencing the Java libs is new to me, so it helps to have more experienced minds verifying my assumptions. Thanks so much.
And Dan, I grabbed a bit of your examples yesterday, and found a few others as well. They have been very helpful. Between that and the iText tutorials, I will hopefully make my way. Thanks again. Cheers, Kris > When accessing a static method, all you need to do is do the > createObject() call - this gives you access to the class (per se), if > you want an actual instance of the object, that would be when you call > init(). > > So in your case it would be: > > fso = > createobject("java","com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter).getInstance(document, > myPDF); > > As you had originally written. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:251446 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4