FYI - .NET and COM are very (very very) different - I would not expect this DLL to work both ways. It's either a COM or an assembly. I would suspect it's a COM (the path "activeX control" gives it away). Also - you are sure the COM is registered?
-mark Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Richter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 9:38 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Creating COM object - troubleshooting Hi all, I'm trying to use a third party DLL called ACA Webthumb http://www.acasystems.com/en/web-thumb-activex/ I've installed this on a Windows 2008 server running CF 9.0.1 I'm having issue instantiating the library in CF. I'm using the supplied sample file that came with ACA. Here's the problematic line from it: WebThumbMaker = CreateObject("Com", "ACAWebThumb.ThumbMaker", "local"); This results in error: An exception occurred when instantiating a COM object. The cause of this exception was that: java.lang.RuntimeException: Can not use native code: Initialisation failed. I also tried using a tag based syntax specifying the DLL directly: <cfobject type=".NET" name="aca" class="ACAWebThumb.ThumbMaker" assembly="C:\Program Files (x86)\ACASystems\ACA WebThumb ActiveX Control\acawebthumb.dll"> Error: Class ACAWebThumb.ThumbMaker not found in the specified assembly list. The assembly that contains the class must be provided to the assembly attribute. Does anyone have any tips? Best wishes, Stefan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343809 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
