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CreateObject: COM object
Last update:
May 18, 2026
Note:
As of ColdFusion (2021 release), CORBA has been removed. You can no longer use CORBA-related features, functions, and tags.
Description
The CreateObject function can create a Component Object Model (COM) object. To create a COM object, provide the following information:
- The object's program ID or filename
- The methods and properties available to the object through the IDispatch interface
- The arguments and return types of the object's methods For most objects, you can get this information from the OLEView utility.On UNIX, this function does not support COM objects.
Returns
A COM object.
Function syntax
CreateObject(type, class, context, serverName)See also
ReleaseComObject , cfobject ; Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications in the Developing ColdFusion Applications
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
type | Type of object to create.
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class | Component ProgID for the object to invoke. |
context |
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serverName | Server name, using UNC or DNS convention, in one of these forms:
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Usage
The following example creates the Windows Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) for NTS NewMail object to send mail. You use this code in a cfscript tag.
Mailer = CreateObject("COM", "CDONTS.NewMail");
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