WebDAV repository to Content Server

Hi all,
I have a problem. We have some data in a content server, and would like to create a repository to allow users to read the file on this content server. SAP says it is posible to technically posible to connect to the content server via webdav, but I can't find how to do it. If I make a connection to the IIS I only get the files in the home directory of the content server website, that is som dlls. If I make a webdav connection to the database I only get a connection to a system webdav table that have nothing, and can't configure the table to use the content server tables.
Any idea on how to solve this? Can't use the DMS connector in this case, because we use archivelink.
Thanks in advance,
Gregori Coll Ingles.

Hi Gregori
       You can configure your content server data as file repository. You can refer this link for the
configuration of file repository.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/4c/9d953fc405330ee10000000a114084/frameset.htm
       Or if you want to do it using IIS Server. You have to
1) Creat one virtula directory under your default website.
2) Apply your data folder as the Web Site Content Directory for that virtual directory.
       For eg. you have created the virtual directory named 'Content' then you can access your web site as
http://website/Content.( website= yours website ip or name)
3) Give the same path as above in 'http system' which you have created for the WebDAV repository.
        Hope this will help you.
Prasad

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