> We reference a COM Object on an MTS server using CFOBJECT. > According to the CF5 documentation, CF is supposed to > release its last hold on the object once the page is > finished loading, but the administrator running the > MTS server says that MTS doesn't see that the object > has been released, consequently we can have hundreds > of instantiated objects on the MTS server. > > Is there anyway to make CF automatically release an object? > Does anyone have any experience with this?
By default, CF releases COM objects when the page that references the object ends. However, MTS makes things more complicated than that. One of the primary purposes of MTS is to act as an object broker - it keeps objects in memory beyond their use within the client application (in this case, CF). I'm not an MTS expert by any means, but I suspect that there may be some code within your specific MTS object which is keeping it alive beyond its normal scope. Also, CF doesn't support all of the functionality of MTS, such as the ability to mark a page as transactional for the purpose of MTS objects within the page (ASP, for example, does have this ability, since it was designed with MTS in mind). As Mike Townend mentioned, you might try explicitly overwriting the variable referencing the object, and see if that works. However, my guess is that it won't. I'd be very interested in learning how this gets resolved, though. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
