Scott the details of cfobject follow. Perhaps this will help:
Chapter 1 : ColdFusion Tags
CFOBJECT Type="COM"
CFOBJECT allows you to create and use COM (Component Object Model) objects.
Any automation server object type that is currently registered on a machine
can be invoked. You can use a utility like Microsoft's OLEView to browse COM
objects. OLEView, as well as information about COM and DCOM, can be found at
Microsoft's OLE Development web site http://www.microsoft.com/oledev/.
To use CFOBJECT, you need to know the program ID or filename of the object,
the methods and properties available through the IDispatch interface, and
the arguments and return types of the object's methods. The OLEView utility
can give you this information for most COM objects.
Syntax
<CFOBJECT TYPE="COM"
ACTION="action"
CLASS="program_ID"
NAME="text"
CONTEXT="context"
SERVER="server_name">
ACTION
Required. One of the following:
a.. Create -- Use Create to instantiate a COM object (typically a DLL)
prior to invoking methods or properties.
b.. Connect -- Use Connect to connect to a COM object (typically an EXE)
that is already running on the server specified in SERVER.
CLASS
Required. Enter the component ProgID for the object you want to invoke.
NAME
Required. Enter a name for the object.
CONTEXT
Optional. InProc, Local, or Remote. Uses Registry setting when not
specified.
SERVER
Required when CONTEXT="Remote". Enter a valid server name using UNC
(Universal Naming Convention) or DNS (Domain Name Server) conventions, in
one of the following forms:
SERVER="\\lanserver"
SERVER="lanserver"
SERVER="http://www.servername.com"
SERVER="www.servername.com"
SERVER="127.0.0.1"
Example
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>CFOBJECT (COM) Example</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H3>CFOBJECT (COM) Example</H3>
<!---
Create a COM object as an inproc server (DLL).
(CLASS= prog-id)
--->
<CFOBJECT ACTION="Create"
TYPE="COM"
CLASS=Allaire.DocEx1.1
NAME="obj">
<!---
Call a method.
Note that methods that expect no arguments should
be called using empty parenthesis.
--->
<CFSET obj.Init()>
<!---
This object is a collection object, and should
support at a minimum:
Property : Count
Method : Item(inarg, outarg)
and a special property called _NewEnum
--->
<CFOUTPUT>
This object has #obj.Count# items.
<BR>
<HR>
</CFOUTPUT>
<!---
Get the 3rd object in the collection.
--->
<CFSET emp = obj.Item(3)>
<CFOUTPUT>
The last name in the third item is #emp.lastname#.
<BR>
<HR>
</CFOUTPUT>
<!---
Loop over all the objects in the collection.
--->
<P>Looping through all items in the collection:
<BR>
<CFLOOP COLLECTION=#obj# ITEM=file2>
<CFOUTPUT>
Last name: #file2.lastname# <BR>
</CFOUTPUT>
</CFLOOP>
...
</BODY>
</HTML>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Pouliot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Looking for coldfusion Automated signupfront end
for imail anyone got one???
> Good Point Len....
>
> If I need to add some code to make it compatible with Cold Fusion as
> well...I'm game for it. I'm willing to bet there are some Cold Fusion
guys
> out here that would like to write a user-signup front end using Cold
Fusion!
>
> What kind of things did you have to do to make it work with CFOBJECT?
> Remember, I know nothing about Cold Fusion ;-)
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Looking for coldfusion Automated signupfront
> end for imail anyone got one???
>
>
>
> >I'm not all that familiar with ColdFusion, but does it allow you to use
COM
> >Objects like a bunch of other languages do? If so, I've already built a
> COM
> >Object that utilizes Adduser.exe and the IMail Registry for the purpose
of
> >adding users on the fly.
>
> The <CFOBJECT> is how CF talks to COM. But CFOBJECT has some limitations,
> so to get CFOBJECT to talk to MapINfo's MapXsite map generator, we had to
> write a shim in VB5. CFOBJECT call the VB5 object which call the MapXsite
> object. Works fine.
>
> You may not have to do a shim since you have the source code to your
object
> and can make it work with CFOBJECT.
>
> Len
>
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