Createobject; Object Types; Com - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-CFML LANGUAGE Reference

Chapter 2: ColdFusion Functions

CreateObject

Allows you tocreate COM, CORBA, and JAVA objects.
Note
Note
CreateObject topics

COM

CORBA
JAVA

Object Types

Depending on the value of the type parameter, there are several additional parameters
you can use. This table shows which parameters you can use with each object type.
Parameters Used with Object Types
TYPE
COM
CORBA
JAVA
Sections that follow describe these values and parameters in greater detail.
COM
CreateObject 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.
ColdFusion administrators can disable the CFOBJECT tag in the
ColdFusion Administrator Basic Security page, which also disables this
function.
On UNIX, COM objects are not currently supported by CreateObject.
Parameters
TYPE
CLASS
CONTEXT
SERVER
TYPE
CONTEXT
CLASS
LOCALE
TYPE
CLASS
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