Example applications

<!--- This function pings the specified host. --->
<cffunction name="Ping" returntype="string" output="false">
<cfargument name="host" type="string" required="yes">
<!--- Local variables --->
<cfset var pingClass="">
<cfset var pingReply="">
<!--- Get Ping class --->
<cfobject type=".NET" name="pingClass"
class="System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping">
<!--- Perform synchronous ping (using defaults) --->
<cfset pingReply=pingClass.Send(Arguments.host)>
<!--- Return result --->
<cfreturn pingReply.Get_Status().ToString()>
</cffunction>

<h3>Ping Test</h3>
<cfoutput>
127.0.0.1: #Ping("127.0.0.1")#<br>
www.adobe.com: #Ping("www.adobe.com")#<br>
</cfoutput>

Note: For an example that uses a .NET System class directly and does not require any cousin .NET code, see the "Limitations" section of [cfobject: .NET object] in the CFML Reference.

<cfset filename="C:\dotNet\demo.doc">
<cfif fileexists(filename)>
<cffile action="delete" file="#filename#">
</cfif>
<cfobject type=".NET" assembly="C:\dotNetApp\WordApp.dll,C:\dotNet\Interop.Office.dll" name="wordCreator" class="WordApp.WordCreator">
<cfset wordCreator.init("#filename#")>
<cfdump label="WordCreator Class Dump" var="#wordCreator#">

<cfset someText = "ColdFusion created this sample document using Windows .NET class methods. The text is long enough to appear in the Word file on multiple lines.">

<cfloop from=1 to=5 index =i>
<cfset wordCreator.addText(someText)>
<cfset wordCreator.newParagraph()>
<cfset wordCreator.newParagraph()>
<cfset wordCreator.addText("Starting a new paragraph. It starts a
a new line.")>
<cfset wordCreator.newParagraph()>
<cfset wordCreator.newParagraph()>
</cfloop>
<cfset wordCreator.save()>

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

// The commented-out lines could be needed on some systems in place of,
// or in addition to, the line that follows them.
// using Microsoft.Office.Core;
// using Word;
// using Microsoft.Office;
// using Microsoft.Office.Interop;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
namespace WordApp {
public class WordCreator {
object readOnly = false;
object isVisible = true;
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
object docType = 0;
object newTemplate = false;
object template = "normal.dot";
object format = WdSaveFormat.wdFormatDocument;
ApplicationClass app = new ApplicationClass();
private object fileName;
private Document doc;
private bool isNewDoc = false;

public WordCreator(String fileName) {
this.fileName = fileName;
app.Visible = true;
if (File.Exists(fileName))
doc = app.Documents.Open(ref this.fileName, ref missing, ref
readOnly, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref
isVisible, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
else {
doc = app.Documents.Add(ref template, ref newTemplate,
ref docType, ref isVisible);
isNewDoc = true;
}
doc.Activate();
}

public void addText(String text) {
app.Selection.TypeText(text);
}

public void newParagraph() {
app.Selection.TypeParagraph();
}

public void save() {
if(!isNewDoc)
doc.Save();
else doc.SaveAs(ref fileName, ref format, ref missing, ref missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
ref missing, ref missing);
}
}
}