Folks I would appreciate it if you took the time to review the following threads regarding problems from applying the CFMX updater and attempts to initiate COM after the installation of the updater. I personally have seen the java.lang.NullPointerException errors cropping up after the CFMX updater is installed. I'm no where a COM person, so I'm hoping someone might know of a work around to this issue.
http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=143&thr eadid=467184 http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threa did=457128 Straight from the CFMX updater here are the COM-Related fixes: (http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/releasenotes/mx/releasenot es_mx_updater.html) --------------------------------------------- COM-Related Issues The following issues with COM have been fixed: COM objects with multiple IDispatch interfaces could not be used by ColdFusion MX. A "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument is not a COM object" error would occur. Attempting to use COM objects with read-only or write-only properties could fail. Looping over a COM collection object using a COM object that has com2Java-generated Java stubs could cause a method selection exception. Passing parameters to COM objects by reference did not work correctly. ColdFusion MX would not allow you to use a literal value in CFML code that calls a COM method that takes a simple value passed by reference. You were required to use a variable as the argument in your CFML code. Saving COM objects in shared variable scopes could cause a Null Pointer Exception when ColdFusion executed the CFDUMP tag or if debugging were enabled. The following additional COM-related changes and improvements have been made: Significant improvements have been made to COM object performance on second and subsequent references by caching object type information. NOTE: Due to this change, if the COM object interface definitions change, you must restart ColdFusion MX to use the new COM object interface type definitions. --------------------------------------------- At this point I have to uninstall the CFMX updater or reinstall CFMX on our PRE-PROD machine. But what issues does this pose? And is there a way to get it work with the updater? If this is a possibility could someone please explain what might need to be done to get around this? BTW here is how I call my COM object... <CFOBJECT ACTION="Create" TYPE="COM" CLASS=APToolkit.Object NAME="PDF"> Thank you in advance, AD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ali Daniali Director, Development and Programming TransACT Communications, Inc. 8423 Mukilteo Speedway, Suite 100 Mukilteo, WA 98275 Tel: 425.977.2117 FAX: 425.977.2080 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ali@;transact.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Let's Roll" - Todd Beamer, Flight 93 This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient,please notify the sender and delete all copies of the original message without using or disclosing it. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
