[thelist] Server Side Image Resizing Issue

Steve Lewis slewis at macrovista.net
Thu Nov 21 13:40:01 CST 2002


Bob Haroche wrote:
>>fwiw, coldfusion can instantiate com objects just fine.
> I've been working with CF for only a few months. Can you translate the
> above for me?

If the shared host supports the ImageSize COM object, or some other COM
object for their ASP clients, than you can use <CFOBJECT type="COM" ...>
to do your image manipulations.

You may find in any case that the CFOBJECT tag has been disabled by your
host so neither of these options will work for you.

Beyond that, it seems to me you should find a host that supports CFMX
and move there or work around the need for dynamic imaging.  You cannot
manipulate images from CF5 without going to an outside module.  Outside
modules (unless the <CFobject type='java'...> option is available to you
but you that would be doubtful) must be installed by the host in any
respectable shared host, and if the only supported outside module is
buggy than your host is begging you to leave.  Be sure to tell them this
too, if this is what it comes to.

--Steve




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