System requirements
You must have all of the following components installed on your computer before you can make
CORBA invocations from ColdFusion MX:
•
Borland VisiBroker 4.5.1 for Java
•
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.2 or higher for the VisiBroker Interface Repository
Installing and configuring VisiBroker for CORBA connections
This section describes how to use VisiBroker for CORBA connections.
To install and configure VisiBroker for CORBA connections:
Install VisiBroker on the CORBA server side, if you have not already done so.
1
For more information, see the Borland VisiBroker documentation.
Copy the vbjorb.jar file to your JRE's jre/lib/ext directory.
2
Configure a VisiBroker connector in ColdFusion MX, as follows:
3
In the ColdFusion MX Administrator, select Extensions > CORBA Connectors.
a
On the CORBA Connectors page, click Register CORBA Connector.
b
On the CORBA Connector page, enter information for the connector.
c
The following are values for an example connector:
Field
ORB Name
ORB Class Name
Classpath
ORB Property File
The ORB Property File points to a Java properties file that contains the correct ORB
settings for VisiBroker.
The contents of the vbjorb.properties file look like the following:
org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass=com.inprise.vbroker.orb.ORB
org.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass=com.inprise.vbroker.orb.ORB
SVCnameroot=namingroot
When you finish editing the page, click Submit.
d
The CORBA Connectors page appears.
Select the radio button to the left of your new CORBA connector, and click Select ORB
e
Connector.
This sets the new connector as the default.
Prepare your CORBA server side, as follows:
4
Start your VisiBroker osagent service or process, if it is not already running, by entering the
a
following command:
osagent
Value
visibroker
coldfusion.runtime.corba.VisibrokerConnector
(none)
cf_root\WEB-INF\cfusion\lib\vbjorb.properties
Enabling ColdFusion MX functionality
45
Need help?
Do you have a question about the COLDFUSION MX 61 - INSTALLING COLDFUSION MX FOR IBM WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER and is the answer not in the manual?