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Microsoft SQL Server via bundled type IV JDBC drivers. ColdFusion MX also provides

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Macromedia® ColdFusion® MX Evaluator's Guide technologies. The Microsoft .NET architecture consists of many products and technologies, including the Windows servers, the .NET Enterprise Servers such as IIS, SQL Server, and Exchange, the COM component model, and the new .NET Framework technologies. For users developing and deploying applications on Windows, ColdFusion MX supports the latest versions of Windows and IIS and provides high-performance connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server via bundled type IV JDBC drivers. ColdFusion MX also provides native integration with the IIS web server as well as interoperability with the Exchange mail server via the standard POP and SMTP protocols. Developers can also easily integrate with custom applications built using Microsoft development tools. Developers can reuse COM components and invoke COM interfaces through the intuitive CFOBJECT interface. This tag enables developers to instantiate COM objects, invoke their methods and process the resulting values. For new applications built using Visual Studio.NET, ColdFusion MX also enables integration via web services. The sample code below shows how easy it is to invoke a web service built in ASP.NET using the same CFINVOKE tag used to work with web services built with ColdFusion MX.

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Macromediafi ColdFusionfi MX Evaluator°s Guide
technologies. The Microsoft .NET architecture consists of many products and
technologies, including the Windows servers, the .NET Enterprise Servers such as IIS,
SQL Server, and Exchange, the COM component model, and the new .NET Framework
technologies.
For users developing and deploying applications on Windows, ColdFusion MX supports
the latest versions of Windows and IIS and provides high-performance connectivity to
Microsoft SQL Server via bundled type IV JDBC drivers. ColdFusion MX also provides
native integration with the IIS web server as well as interoperability with the Exchange
mail server via the standard POP and SMTP protocols.
Developers can also easily integrate with custom applications built using Microsoft
development tools. Developers can reuse COM components and invoke COM interfaces
through the intuitive CFOBJECT interface. This tag enables developers to instantiate
COM objects, invoke their methods and process the resulting values.
For new applications built using Visual Studio.NET, ColdFusion MX also enables
integration via web services. The sample code below shows how easy it is to invoke a web
service built in ASP.NET using the same CFINVOKE tag used to work with web services
built with ColdFusion MX.
<cfinvoke
webservice=°http://localhost/services/mortgagecalc.asmx?wsdl
method=°calcMonthlyInterest° returnVariable=°monthlyInterest°>
<cfinvokeargument name=°monthlyrate° value=°7.4°>
<cfinvokeargument name=°principal° value=°120,000°>
</cfinvoke>
With the powerful tools in ColdFusion MX for integrating with the Java and .NET
platforms, developers working in ColdFusion can benefit from the rapid application
development capabilities of ColdFusion while easily integrating with other systems
deployed in their organization ± sharing state and session data between applications,
reusing existing components and objects, and invoking web services.
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