Chris, I actually responded within an hour of the original posting but was bounces twice and was finally able to get the response back to you a day or two later. I have not had this problem before and don't see this as the usual case - likely just a one time system issue.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Jordan Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:39 AM To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List Subject: Re: [DFW CFUG] Need help instantating a COM object in CF7... It'smyfirst time... :o( Thanks Tom, I did finally figure all that out. I posted the same message to CF-Talk at the houseoffusion.com. The DFWCFUG list seems slow to me (not the people or their speed of response), but there are times when I'm not sure if my post has made it through. I started a thread about this a while back, but never got a response. Thanks again, though. Your answer was spot on. That was indeed what I was missing. :o) Chris Tom Woestman wrote: > The command to register the COM object is regsvr32 followed by the DLL name. > > > > I also suspect you will need to use the following in your CreateObject call: > > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", "BBAPI.API")> > > Tom > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dave Shuck > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:40 PM > *To:* Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [DFW CFUG] Need help instantating a COM object in CF7... > It's myfirst time... :o( > > > > Christopher is the DLL registered on the system? When I have used COM > objects, I have instantiated them by the class name that they system > knows it by rather than how you would instantiate a CFC in a particular > dot delimited path from your web root. > > ~Dave > > On 3/27/07, *Christopher Jordan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I really need some help instantiating a COM object. > > I've been given a .dll file, and been told that it is the COM object, > but I don't know how to instantiate it. I thought it would be simple. > I've tried: > > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", "COM.BBAPI")> > > The directory is COM and the dll is called BBAPI. I thought maybe it was > a path thing, but I tried instantiating a CFC (whose directory is on the > same level as the COM directory) and it worked like a champ. > > The only thing mentioned about instantiating the object is mentioned in > his component summary. The first two items are: > > Type: COM > Name: BBAPI > Note: Used for instantiating the object > > Type: Class > Name: API > Note: Used for instantiating the object. (i.e. CreateObject BBAPI.API) > > I've tried: > > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", " COM.API")> > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", "COM.BBAPI")> > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", "COM.BBAPI.API")> > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", " COM.BBAPI.dll")> > > I just don't know what to do. The docs say that I need: > > <cfset BBAPI = CreateObject("COM", "class")> > > Well according to what I'm reading the class is "API". > > Can someone help me please? :o) > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/> > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.instantspot.com/ <http://www.instantspot.com/> > www.teksystems.com/ <http://www.teksystems.com/> > > > > > -- > ~Dave Shuck > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > www.daveshuck.com <http://www.daveshuck.com> > > Where's your Spot? > www.instantspot.com <http://www.instantspot.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.instantspot.com/ > www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.instantspot.com/ www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.instantspot.com/ www.teksystems.com/
