Is there some way you could call CFEXECUTE and call a BAT file or something like that to run the DLL? Would this be a workaround for calling a COM object from CF9 or a 32 bit object from CF 64 bit? Or is it not possible or advisable to do this either?
Brook -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Richter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: April-18-11 7:45 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Creating COM object - troubleshooting I should also add that the PHP example works fine on the same box: $t_xMaker = new COM("ACAWebThumb.ThumbMaker") Also on the same server I am able to use other (.NET) DDLs, for example in this way: <cfobject type=".NET" name="presentation" class="Aspose.Slides.Pptx.PresentationEx" assembly="#slidesDLL#"> <cfset presentation.init("#pptFile#")> Regards, Stefan > 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:343819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
