This all great info guys. Thanks!
I don't quite have the big picture clear in my head. I think they have a server
in their office running the software and database that supports the API.
Can I access the data via the API using CF on any remote server? Do I need to
install the COM object on the remote server running the website??
Can't I just use:
<cfobject
class = "program ID"
name = "instance name"
action = "connect"
context = "remote"
server = "address of server running the database and API">
type = "com">
I wish I could get my hands on the current PHP website that's set up for this.
>First off, your server of course has to be Windows and can't be 64bit
>which doesn't have COM support.
>
>Then you install and register the COM object on your server.
>
>Once that's done, you instantiate it the way you're getting at:
>API = createObject("com", "registeredComObjectNameHere");
>
>then access the methods on it:
>userProfile = API.cUserInfo();
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