As of ColdFusion (2021 release), CORBA has been removed. You can no longer use CORBA-related features, functions, and tags.
Description
The CreateObject function can create a Component Object Model (COM) object. To create a COM object, provide the following 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.On UNIX, this function does not support COM objects.
Returns
A COM object.
Function syntax
CreateObject(type, class, context, serverName)
See also
ReleaseComObject, cfobject; Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications in the Developing ColdFusion Applications
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
type |
Type of object to create.
|
class |
Component ProgID for the object to invoke. |
context |
|
serverName |
Server name, using UNC or DNS convention, in one of these forms:
|
Usage
The following example creates the Windows Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) for NTS NewMail object to send mail. You use this code in a cfscript tag.
Mailer = CreateObject("COM", "CDONTS.NewMail");
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