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title: "ColdFusion and the product"
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## Prerequisites
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To use Aspose.Words for Java in ColdFusion applications, you simply need to copy the Aspose.Words.jar to **ColdFusion8\wwwroot\WEB-INF\lib** folder. You can learn more about using Java libraries in ColdFusion from the article [Integrating Java libraries](https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/developing-applications/using-web-elements-and-external-objects/integrating-jee-and-java-elements-in-cfml-applications/enhanced-java-integration-in-coldfusion.html).
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Don’t forget to restart the “ColdFusion Application Server” after putting the new jars into the “lib” folder.
## Hello World
This is a simple application that creates an empty document, inserts some content and saves it as a Microsoft Word .DOC document.
**ColdFusion**
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Hello World!
This example shows how to create a simple MS Word document using Aspose.Words
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## Simple Mail Merge
Aspose.Words provides a reporting generation facility similar to Microsoft Word’s mail merge. Here is a code example to perform a simple Mail Merge using Aspose.Words.
**ColdFusion**
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Simple Mail Merge
This example shows how to execute simple Mail Merge using Aspose.Words
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## Invoke Static Methods
Some methods in the Aspose.Words object model are static. For example, there is the **detectFileFormat** method that allows you to detect the original format of a file.
**ColdFusion**
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Invoke Static Methods
This example shows how to detect the original format of a file using Aspose.Words
The original format of the file is
DOC
HTML
RTF
DOCX
ODT
Unknown
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## Save or Convert a Document
With Aspose.Words, you can save a document in a variety of formats. For the full list of formats and identifiers see the **SaveFormat** enumeration.
**ColdFusion**
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Save or Convert a Document
This example shows how to convert a document to various formats using Aspose.Words
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## Mail Merge with Regions
First, create a `Java` class that returns a **ResultSet** object as shown below. Compile it, and place in a jar file, and place it in the **“ColdFusion8\wwwroot\WEB-INF\lib”** folder.
**Java**
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public class RelationSet
{
public static ResultSet execQuery()
{
try
{
// Create the database query
String sqlString = "SELECT * FROM Users";
// Create statement
Statement stmt = createStatement();
// Return the `ResultSet` object
return stmt.executeQuery(sqlString);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
return null;
}
/**
* Utility function that creates a connection to the Database.
*/
private static Statement createStatement() throws Exception
{
// Load a DB driver that is used by the demos
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
// Compose connection string.
String connectionString = "jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=C:\\Temp\\test.mdb;UID=Admin";
// DSN-less DB connection.
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString);
// Return Statement
return connection.createStatement();
}
}
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Next we write the `ColdFusion` code to execute Mail Merge and save the document to disk.
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**HTML**
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Mail Merge with Regions
This example shows how to execute Mail Merge with regions using Aspose.Words
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