• For CORBA object: changed the Naming Service separator format for addresses from a dot to a forward slash. For example, if "context=NameService", for a class, use either of the following formats for the class parameter:
  • For CORBA object: changed the locale parameter; it specifies the Java config that contains the properties file.
    • CREATEOBJECT  
    Description

    Creates a ColdFusion object, of a specified type.

     
    Returns

    An object, of the specified type.

    Note: You can enable and disable this function in the ColdFusion Administrator, ColdFusion Basic Security, Tag Restrictions page.
     
    Category

    Extensibility functions

     
    History

    ColdFusion MX 7: For web service object: added the portName parameter, which specifies a port named in the service element of the WSDL.

    ColdFusion MX:

    • Changed instantiation behavior: this function, and the cfobject tag, can instantiate ColdFusion components and web services. Executing operations on a CFC object executes CFML code that implements the CFC's method in the CFC file.

      • For more information, see ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide.

     
    CreateObject object types

    For information about using this function, see these sections:

    • "CreateObject: COM object" on page 780
    • "CreateObject: component object" on page 782
    • "CreateObject: CORBA object" on page 783
    • "CreateObject: Java or EJB object" on page 785
    • "CreateObject: web service object" on page 786
    Note: On UNIX, this function does not support COM objects.