Documents in Cfolders?

When you create documents in Cfolders (3.1 not 4.0), what technology does it use? I am aware you can publish DMS documents to Cfolders and you can use KM to create documents in 4.0 with webdav but what technology is KM using to create documents and folders within Cfolders 3.1? Can you specify an external content repository for these documents like an HTTP content server?

Hello Athol,
for the creation of documents via TA CFE01/CFE02 or WEbDAV the cFolders APIs are used in the background:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ppm400/helpdata/en/30/cce8bf627db74fa531f89b9aed229f/frameset.HTM
For document creation CFX_API_DOC_CREATE is used.
The content server has to be defined in advance per user in cFolders:
For details see: chapter 7.3 Distributed Content Server: Overview in cFolders Configuration Guide:
http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700002094772004E/CG_cFo310_04_11_18_EN.pdf
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