I see a typo in your code, did you cut and paste that?
This:
<cfset str = BBAPI.getVINValues("#VIN#)">Could be this, as long as VIN evaluates to a string: <cfset str = BBAPI.getVINValues(VIN)> -- Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Need help instantating a COM object in CF7... It's my first time... :o( > Jim! That worked great! The object instantiated first time. Very cool. > And the answer makes so much sense! Duh... :op > > Anyway, > > Now I'm having trouble actually calling any methods in the object. If > you or anyone could help, I'd be most appreciative (of course, I'll keep > reading and trying stuff on my own too). > > Here's my code: > > <!--- instantiate the object and dump it. This works great! ---> > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", "BBAPI.API")> > <CFDump var="#BBAPI#" expand="false"><p> > > <!--- Now try to use one of the methods in the object ---> > <cfset VIN = Upper("1g2wn67t8n9264262")> > <cfset str = BBAPI.getVINValues("#VIN#)"> > <CFDump var="#str#"> > > I keep getting: > Variable STR is undefined. What do I do about this? I thought that once > I had the object instantiated, that I would be able to access it like > any other object or component. I'm using the method just the way the > author's API documentation shows. > > Stumped again. :o( > > Chris > > Jim Wright wrote: >> Try running this at a command prompt... >> regsvr32 x:\path\com\bbapi.dll >> >> Then use... >> CreateObject("COM", "BBAPI.API") >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273935 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
