We tried that route Stephan...even a 64 bit dll never worked. You can use a .NET object or a JAVA object, but no COM. Again it is has something to do with how MS is depreciating COM in favor of .NET.
-----Original Message----- From: Stefan Richter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 14:12 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Creating COM object - troubleshooting Thanks, Sounds like the best way forward is to ask the vendor for a 64bit dll... Thanks again, at least I can stop trying now :-) Cheers Stefan On 18 Apr 2011, at 18:48, Dave Watts wrote: > >> 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. > > This is a 32-bit .NET assembly. You can tell because it's installed in > "Program Files (x86)" rather than just "Program Files". You can only > use this from a 32-bit version of CF. Fortunately, you can easily > install 32-bit CF on a 64-bit Windows machine, but you'll have to > configure the IIS application pool to also be 32-bit. Unfortunately, > you lose all the 64-bit advantages when you do this, of course. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:343828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
