Attachment to workitem

Hi,
I need to attach a document to user decision step and i have converted the document to Xstring and generated the SOFM instance. Now i am binding this SOFM instance to "_ATTACH_OBJETCS" of UD step. I am getting the attachment link in UD but when i click the attachment, an information message comes "Operation could not be carried out" and not able to open the attachment.
Let me know what is the problem.
Regards,
Vinoth

Hi,
Thank you for your reply Vijay. I checked in SWIA, its not opening. I found the problem. It is because i am not giving the file type to SAP_WAPI_ATTACHMENT_ADD FM. After giving the file type, the attachment is opening.
One more issue, How to convert the PDF file to string or binary format. So i can put in the container while calling the FM- EWW_WORKFLOW_START. Currently i am using Text file but user will upload PDF file also. I am not using Web dynpro ABAP. Its pure ABAP.
Regards,
Vinoth

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[link1|http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1209159]
[link2|http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=226957]
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