The CreateObject function can create a Component Object Model (COM) object.

To create a COM object, you must provide this 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.

A COM object.

CreateObject(type, class, context, serverName) 

ReleaseComObject, cfobject; Chapter 38, "Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications" in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide.

The following example creates the Windows Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) for NTS NewMail object to send mail. You would use this code within a cfscript tag.

Mailer = CreateObject("COM", "CDONTS.NewMail");