COM and UNIX

[programmher]

I have a code that uses a COM object to connect to MSWord. The problem I have is that I am running CF 4.5 on UNIX. I get the below error:

COM is not supported in the UNIX versions of ColdFusion.

All references I have found indicate that CF4.5 does not support COM; however, there must be some way for me to simply conect to applications (like MSWord, Excel, etc.)

Does anyone know the workaround?

Below is my code:

<CFTry>

<cfobject type=&quot;COM&quot;
name=&quot;objWord&quot;
class=&quot;Word.Application&quot;
action=&quot;CONNECT&quot;>

<CFCatch>

<CFTry>

<CFObject Action=&quot;Create&quot;
Class=&quot;Word.Application&quot;
Name=&quot;objWord&quot;
Type=&quot;Com&quot;>


<CFCatch Type=&quot;Object&quot;>
<Font Color=&quot;Red&quot;>Cannot create Word Object<br> Please make sure Word is installed and that Cold Fusion has permissions to user the Word COM objects.</font>
<CFAbort>
</CFCatch>
</CFTry>
</CFCatch>
</CFTry>