Adam Thanks for the advice. The object itself contains complex objects so cfdump sends out:
"Expression result cannot be converted to a string Expressions . . ." etc. On web services and com: I wasn't considering using it for this purpose but for some conversion purposes. I didn't mean to stir up this thread with extraneous information. It's also good to know that about CFMX in case this office ever considers upgrading. I suppose it's comforting to know that there's not a whole lot of response to this issue. I thought (hoped) that I was missing something simple. -From the desk of Joshua O'Connor-Rose (aka Whifflebat) -All is Good >From: "Adrocknaphobia Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:57:29 -0500 > >Josh, > >Although SOAP and web services are great, it's not going to help you >now. Nor would it be the best solution for your project. > >A basic run down of webservices vs. COM: > >CFMX has Java under the hood instead of C. This causes a lot of >headaches when working with COM. COM is C based. C hates Java, and Java >hates C. The general consensus for CFMX is that if you don't absolutely >have to use COM, find a JAVA solution. I'm not familiar with the product >you are using, but chances are they don't have a java version. > >Nearly every MS product, including Office, offers access to their >internal COM objects. However, the .NET architecture opens up the system >without COM. Office 11 (currently in beta) will have native web services >built it. No idea as to the extent of the web services, but wouldn't >expect much. > >Back to you COM issues: > >My best advice is to just keep plugging away at it. Do a cfdump of the >object to see if it is loading properly. Check the API to make sure you >are specifying everything it need, in the correct dataTypes. > >Good luck, > >Adam Wayne Lehman >Web Systems Developer >Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health >Distance Education Division > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
