Accessing a web service with complex types

Hi I have been struggling with this web service for a while
now....
I am trying to send input parameters that are composed by :
applicant name( name, surname, .....) and applicant input address(
hse no, street, postcode...) Applicant dob(dob)....I am using
<cfscript> tag to pass these parameters...Now my problem is
do i need to put each complex type inside its own <cfscript>
tag???
ie:
stName = structNew();
stName.Title = "#Mr#";
stName.forename = "Man";
stName.othernames = " NA";
stName.Applicant = "Yellow";
stName.suffix="";
stName.dob = createDate(1972,06,05);
and do this for applicant address? or could i enclose this in
under the same cfscript tag??
Any help would be appreciated...thanks
critical

Check out
http://hcc.musc.edu/research/shared_resources/xml_complex_types_to_cf_structure_notes.cfm
The last part of that link is .cfm - not sure why its getting
cut off.

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